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From the collection of the National Museum of Art of
Romania,
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Prayer rug
"Transylvanian", type Usak; 17th
century;
176 x 112 cmFrom
the collection of the National Museum of Art of
Romania, Oriental Art Department.
Oriental Art
This piece is similar
to a Transylvanian Carpet in the
Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu, in Transylvania
published as ill. 1 in Kertesz-Badus, Andrei.
Transylvanian Carpets in Pinner, R. & Denny,
W. D. Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies III,
PART I. 1987, page 35. This rug also has the
Supplementary Reserve as we saw in The James A. Lucas
"Transylvanian" prayer rug, as well
as A Supplementary Reserve
"Transylvanian" rug,
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Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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