WEST ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

An almost identical rug is to be found in the Black Church, Brasov (Schmutzler, Emil: Altorientalische Teppiche in Siebenbrgen, Leipzig, 1933, pl.40). Another has a very slightly differently shaped mihrab panel (Végh, Gyula and Layer, Károly: Turkish Rugs in Transylvania, Fishguard, 1977, pl.18), while another similar variant is in the Berlin Museum (Spuhler, Friedrich: Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, Berlin, 1988, pl.34). Greater variance shown in other rugs includes pale coloured fields, and even more sharply shouldered central panels (Csányi, Károly et al.: Erdélyi Török Szónyegek, (in Hungarian), exhibition catalogue, Budapest, 1914, no.219).