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Nagel Rugs and Carpets/Islamic/Tribal Art Sale 37T, November 6th 2001 Lot 59

A FRAGMENT OF ' Transylvanian ' RUG,
West Anatolia, approx. 1700. Size 123 x 85 cm Description - mounted on linen drawn up. Estimate 2000. DM

Published:

Stanzer, Wilfred et al. Antique Oriental Carpets from Austrian Collections Vienna 1986. Fig. 11

Spuhler, F. Islamic Carpets & Textiles. In Louisiana Revy, 1987 fig. 34.

Picture and Information from Nagel http://www.auction.de/

This piece is similar to a Transylvanian Carpet in the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu, in Transylvania published as ill. 6 in Kertesz-Badus, Andrei. Transylvanian Carpets in Pinner, R. & Denny, W. D. Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies III, PART I. 1987, page 37.

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