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HISTORICAL SMALL AND LARGE PATTERN 'HOLBEIN' PATTERN CARPETS

SMALL PATTERN 'HOLBEIN' PATTERN CARPETS

Earliest examples

Small pattern "Holbein" carpet fragments on a chair, XV century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Bernheimer collection

Early Holbein carpet fragment, XIV-XV century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Keir Collection

Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, XIV-XV centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Victoria & Albert Museum, London

14th-15th century early Ottoman rug with Holbein Gül, western Turkey. Vakiflar Carpet Museum (A305), Istanbul. 157 x 175cm.

14-15th centuries Ottoman rug with Holbein Gül, western Turkey. Konya Ethnographic Museum (860-861-1033), Istanbul. 127 x 293cm.

Yellow ground rug with Interlaced Rosettes. late XV century, Turkey. Current Location: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Islamische Kunst

G Type Border*

Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, Fragments of a "Small-Pattern Holbein" carpet

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Keir Collection

Holbein carpet in a green ground, early XVI century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. East Berlin Museum. inv. nr. I 6737. formerly in the Municipal Collection, Düsseldorf.

F Border Type("Kotchanak")

Holbein carpet fragment, XV-XVI centuries, Western Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Islamisches Museum, Berlin	Type I small pattern Holbein carpet, Wher Collection, Switzerland. currently Moshe Tabibnia Collection, Italy	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Textile Museum, Washington	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Chris Alexander Collection
Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Berlin Museum. purchased in 1879	Type I Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, early XVI century, Ushak, Western Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul	Small pattern Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Keir Collection.	Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Ali Reza Tuna, Turkey
Small pattern Holbein carpet fragments from the Keir collection	Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. private collection, Switzerland

C1 Type Border ("Haring")

Small pattern Holbein carpet, 15-16th centuries. Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. city parish church, Mediash, Romania, no. 12. An example of playful color distribution

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Ankara, Ethnographic Museum

Small pattern Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Palazzo Barberini (Barberini Palace), Rome

H Border Type.The "Timurid" border

Type I small pattern Holbein carpet, early 16th century, Ottoman Empire. Bruckenthal Museum, Sibiu (Muzeul National Brukenthal), Romania.

Type I Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment (125x200cm), XVI century, Ushak, Western Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Textile Museum, Washington

A Border ("Chainlink") - Counterchange Ground

Holbein rug on a red and blue ground, late 15th century, Western Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. Moshe Tabibnia, Milan. published Jon Thompson, Milestones in the History of Carpets, plate 3	Small pattern Holbein carpet, late XV-early XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Keir Collection	Holbein carpet, late XV- early XVI centuries, Western Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Islamisches Museum, Berlin	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Keir Collection (after restoration)
Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Christies 15 October 1998 (Lot 218	Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, late XV century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey.  Cathedral of St. Catherine, Sion, Switzerland	Holbein rug, Sotheby's Carpets New York | 03 Jun 2005, N08103	Ettinghausen Holbein carpet fragment, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Peter Bausback, 1976 (Antike Orientalische Knupfkunst)	Fragment of a Holbein Carpet, 15th century, Ushak, Turkey. Bausback Collection

Holbein rug fragment, XVI century, Western Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. Private Collection

A Turkish rug with the small "Holbein" pattern, early 16th century. Berlin Museum, Germany

Early XVI century European emroidery with "Holbein" medallions, dated 1533. Landesmuseum Zürich

E Border Type ("4 Arrows)

Holbein carpet, 16th century. Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Saint Margaret Evangelical Church in Medias, Sibiu County, Transylvania

D Type Border ("X-Box")

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Sold for $25,000 at Lefevre in 1978

"Holbein" rug, early 16th century, Western Anatolia. Bardini Museum, Florence

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. published Tappeti d'Oriente (Oriental Carpets) by Hangeldian, Armen

D Type Border ("X-Box")

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Formerly Willy Von Dirksen Collection (early 20th century). Now missing.

Holbein carpet fragment, XVI century, Western Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Islamisches Museum, Berlin

Holbein carpet, XVI century, Alberto Boralevi, Italy. formerly the Contini-Bonacossi Collection

Small pattern Holbein carpet border fragment, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Victoria & Albert Museum, London

 B Type Border ("Chainlink") - Counterchange Ground

"Holbein" pattern Anatolian rug, 16th century. Formerly Ulrich Schürmann; later Bernheimer, later Bern Textile Gallery Collections. Now John H.Bryan Collection, USA	Holbein carpet, 16th century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey (Sothebys 27.02.2002)	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Vienna Baron von Tucher Collection (formerly)	Holbein carpet, early 16th century, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Joseph Lees Williams Memorial Collection, 55-65-4)
Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Strasburg. formerly Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin	Small pattern Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Wolf Collection	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Mounsey Collection	Small pattern Holbein carpet fragments, 1450-1550, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Victoria & Albert Museum
Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. sold at Christies on 12 October 2000	Small pattern Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Barbieri Collection. Italy	Small pattern Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait Museum	Small pattern Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Dallas Museum of Art. formerly Pisa Collection Milan
Holbein rug, The Danish Museum of Art & Design (formerly, Danish Museum of Decorative Art; Danish: Kunstindustrimuseet), Copenhagen	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV-XVI centuries, Western Anatolia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art	Holbein carpet fragment, 16th century. Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Saint Margaret Evangelical Church in Medias, Sibiu County, Transylvania	Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Lefevre Auction, 16 May 1975, Lot 6

A Type Border (Chainlink)

Small-pattern Holbein rug, west Anatolia, mid-16th century. 1.21 x 1.98m (4'0" x 6'6"). Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Gew 4909	Small pattern Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. The Museum of Applied Arts (Hungarian: Iparművészeti Múzeum) is a museum in Budapest, Hungary	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Bavarian National Museum‎ (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum)	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Palazzo Ca' d'Oro (correctly Palazzo Santa Sofia), Venice
Holbein carpet, 16th century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Philadelphia Museum of Art (Joseph Lees Williams Memorial Collection, 55-65-3), 104x162cm	Teppich mit Holbein-Muster Nagel 664 spezialauktion sammlerteppiche & islamische kunst Rugs & Carpets, Islamic Art, 2011	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XV-XVI centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Bargello Museum, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo. Florence (Firenze)	"Small-Pattern Holbein" rug with armorial bearings, Bardini Museum, Florence
Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Berlin Museum, destroyed during World War II. inv. no: I 11. 137x242cm. Acquired 1906 as a gift from Bode	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Rhode Island School of Design	Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Keir Collection	Small pattern Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Besim Atalay, Private Collection
Holbein carpet fragment, 16th century. Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Saint Margaret Evangelical Church in Medias, Sibiu County, Transylvania	Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Röhsska Museum (Röhsska museet, Röhsska konstslöjdsmuseet), Gothenburg, Sweden	Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, XV century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Sothebys 22 September 1993, Lot 96

B Type Border (Chainlink) - Plain ground

Holbein rug from James F. Ballard Collection, Saint Louis Art Museum

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. sold at Finarte Casa d'Aste 31 March 1992, Lot 37. Formerly, Battilossi Collection

Anatolian rug with the small "Holbein" pattern, 16th century. seen at Chicago Exhibiton, 1926

XVII century

Type I small pattern Holbein carpet, 17th century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Philadelphia Museum of Art (Joseph Lees Williams Memorial Collection, 55-65-5), 110x165cm	Small pattern Holbein carpet, 17th century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Iparművészeti Múzeum (14.785), Budapest	Holbein carpet fragment, XVII c., Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. private collection (Lawrence Kearney)
Small pattern Holbein carpet fragment, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. private collection (B. Frauenknecht)	Holbein rug XVII century, Zaleski Collection	Anatolian carpet with small pattern Holbein medallions, late 17th century, Ottoman Empire. Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul

XVIII century & later

Holbein carpet, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. published by P.Bausback (1978)	Konya carpet with Holbein medallions, XIX century, Ottoman Empire, Turkey. published by TKF - Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Textil-Kunst-Forschung	"Holbein" carpet, Ottoman Empire, Turkey. published by Prof. Dr. Ayan Gülgönen, 17 - 19. yüzyıl Konya Kapadokya Halıları. (TİEM ve Gülgönen Koleksiyonları)	Anatolian carpet with small pattern holbein medallions, 17th century, Turkey. private collection
Holbein carpet, Western Turkey. published Teppiche Der Bauern Und Nomaden in Anatolien by Brüggemann , W. / Böhmer H.	East Anatolian carpet with small pattern Holbein design, XIX century, Ottoman Empire	Small pattern Holbein carpet, XVII-XVIII centuries, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. Zaleski Collection	Western Anatolian rug with a small pattern holbein medallions (108x243cm), XVII century, Ottoman Empire. Istanbul Vakiflar Hali Muzesi, inventory no: A281 (24x24dm2)
Holbein carpet, XVIII century, Ottoman Empire, Bergama, Western Turkey. Battilossi Collection	"Holbein" carpet, Bergama, Western Turkey. Van Ham Auktionen, 28.10.2011, Lot 138	Type I Small pattern Holbein carpet, 19-20th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Anatolian carpet with stylized Holbein medallions, XVIII century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. TIEM, Istanbul
Bergama carpet fragment, XVIII century. The Christopher Alexander Collection	A derivative of a small pattern Holbein carpet, 18th century, Turkey	Tappeto anatolico Bergama. fine XIX - inizio XX secolo Cambi Casa D'Aste>Fine Carpets>Lot 6, Genova	Bergama rug with a Holbein pattern, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, Istanbul (365). 40x40 dm. 130x190 cm

*according to John Taylor's classification

LARGE PATTERN 'HOLBEIN' PATTERN CARPETS

 XIV-XV centuries 

'Crivelli' style historical Turkish rug, Vakiflar Museum, Turkey. Published "Teppiche", B. Balkinar & U.Hirsch, 14-15th centuries	Para Mamluk carpet fragment, 15th or 16th century, Ottoman Empire. 45x98cm. The Texile Museum, Washington DC, inv. no: 7.21	Para-Mamluk carpet fragment, East Mediterranean region, Syria or southeast Anatolia, 15th century. 44x40cm. Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden. inv. no: 343	Para Mamluk rug, 15th or 16th century, Philadelphia Museum of Art, inv. no: 1955-65-2. Size: 125x178cm.  The Joseph Lees Williams Memorial Collection. published at Walter Denny «Anatolian Carpets»
	Chehel Sutun Prayer rug, Tehran Carpet Musem, Size: 105x141cm.	Anatolian medallion carpet, Western Turkey, Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul. inventory no: A119. Size: 167x213cm. (33X33dm)	Early Turkish rug fragment, 14-15th centuries. Keir Collection
	Large Pattern Holbein Carpet, Museum fur Islamische Kunst, Berlin (no: I.5526). Size: 200x430cm	Large Pattern Holbein Carpet, 15th century, Turkey. ("San Gregoria Holbein"), Venice, Italy. currently in Moshe Tabibnia Collection	Early Ottoman rug, 15th century, Turkey. 1400-1450 | The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar. 179x288cm
Large pattern Holbein carpet, 2nd half 15th century, Turkey. 118x132cm. Sion (Sitten),  Canton Valais, Switzerrland.	Early Anatolian Turkish rug fragment, 14-15th centuries. published  Jon Thompson, Milestones in the History of Carpets	Turkish rug fragment, late 15th century. Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi. published at  "Turkish Carpets" by J. ITEN-MARITZ and Şerare Yetkin "Türk Halı Sanatı".	Early rug border fragment (kufic type), 13th–14th century, Rogers Fund, 53.124.6, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Early Anatolian "Cross Star Tile" Turkish carpet, 14th century. private collection, 228x543cm	Early Turkish carpet, 14-15th centuries. Bayrisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. mbn no: 10/294. 217x305cm
Early Anatolian Turkish rug (soumakh?) with Holbein medallion, 15-16th centuries. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg	Early Turkish carpet, 15-16th centuries. Textile Museum, Washington. inv no: 1961.2.1. Size: 176x300cm	15th century Paramamluk / Anatolian or Syrian rug. Formerly Bernheimer Collection. Currently, Berlin Museum
Early Turkish rug, 15th century, Anatolia, Turkey. Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi, Istanbul, inventory no: 417	Early Turkish rug, 15th century, Anatolia, Turkey. Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi, Istanbul, inventory no: 701	Early Turkish carpet, late 15, early 16th centuries. Philadelphia Museum of Art. inv no: 43.40.67. McIlhenny Collection	Fragment of a large pattern Holbein carpet, Anatolia, late 15th, early 16th century, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Early Anatolian or Syrian Turkish rug, 15th century. published  Jon Thompson, Milestones in the History of Carpets, plate 142

 XVI-XVII centuries

16th century Anatolian Turkish rug, no 79.110, 123x182cm, Museum fur Islamische Kunst, Berlin	Anatolian rug with 'Holbein' medallions, 15-16th century, Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul. found at Kurşunlu Camii (built by Şeyh Baba Yusuf in 1492), Sivrihisar, Eskişehir	16th century Anatolian Turkish rug. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul (700). found at Kurşunlu Camii (built by Şeyh Baba Yusuf in 1492), Sivrihisar, Eskişehir
Anatolian rug, 16th century,  Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany (no.I.29, 113x170cm)	Turkish rug fragment with large Holbein pattern, 16th century. Kent Costikyan Collection. It was exhibited at the 1926 Chicago Exhibition
XVII century Western Anatolian rug (Bergama?). Turk ve Islam Eserleri Muzesi, Istanbul (420). Discovered in Kebir Mosque, Biga, Çanakkale.	Turkish rug fragment, 16th century. formerly Christopher Alexander Collection	Turkish rug, 16-17th centuries, pricate collection
Turkish rug, 17th century, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, size: 135x185cm, no: 1975-147	An East Anatolian rug with the large Holbein pattern, 16th century, Christies	Early large pattern Holbein carpet, 15-16h centuries, Turkey, Ottoman Empire. Christopher Alexander Collection, USA
Turkish rug fragment, 16th century. found at Divrigi mosque, Vakiflar Museum	XVII century Central Anatolian rug with a large Holbein pattern. This fragment is in Berlin,purchased in 1904, dated by Dr.Spuhler to the 19th century	XVII century (?) Central Anatolian rug with a large Holbein pattern. sold at Lefevre (October 1979)	Turkish rug, 16th century, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, size: 135x185cm, no: 1975-147
Large pattern Holbein rug, late 16th century, Christie's SALE 7960 — ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS INCLUDING TURKMEN WEAVINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ERIK RISMAN 5 April 2011	XVII century (?) Anatolian rug with a large Holbein pattern. published by Ledacs (Budapest)	XVI-XVII century Anatolian rug with a large Holbein pattern and Crivelli type medallion. Kircheim, Orient Stars Collection	17-18th century Anatolian village prayer rug with a stylized large Holbein pattern
Early Anatolian Turkish rug with a large "Holbein" pattern, 16th century. Vakiflar Museum (or TIEM), Istanbul. found at Alaaddin Keykubad mosque in Konya	A Turkish rug with the large "Holbein" pattern, 16th century. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul	Bergama – Uşak rug with "Holbein" type medallions. 16th century. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Muzesi, Istanbul (468)
Early Anatolian Turkish rug with a large "Holbein" pattern, early 16th centuries. Vakiflar Museum (or TIEM), Istanbul	17-18th century Anatolian Carpet, Turkey. Detroit Institute of Arts	17th-18th century Turkish rug with a large pattern Holbein design, Alberto Boralevi, Italy
Large pattern Holbein design Turkish rug, (~17th century), Alanya Museum (no:411), Turkey	Turkish rug fragment with a large pattern Holbein design, Kircheim, Orient Stars Collection	‘Holbein’ variant design rug, Anatolia, 16th century, 1.32 x 2.05m (4'4" x 6'9"). published MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF CARPETS by JON THOMPSON. Moshe Tabibnia Collection, Milan 2006	Anatolian Turkish rug with "Holbein" medallions, 17th century. TIEM,  published at "Turkish Handwoven Carpets"
Large pattern Holbein rug, late XVII century, TIEM, Istanbul. published at Serare Yetkin's Turk Hali Sanati	XVII-XVIII century Bergama village carpet, Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul, published at Serare Yetkin's Turk Hali Sanati	A TWO PANEL "HOLBEIN" RUG CENTRAL ANATOLIA, 17TH CENTURY Price Realized  £54,500 ($107,529) Christies SALE 7572, ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS, 10 April 2008, London, King Street	XVI century Anatolian rug with Holbein medallions, Found in the Seyh Baba Yusuf Mosque, Sivrihisar, Eskishehir. Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi, Istanbul
Volkmann Bergama rug with archaic inherited motifs, Christies SALE 1519 ORIENTAL RUGS & CARPETS 8 April 2014	Early Anatolian rug, early 1600s, published in "A Forshadowing of 21st Century Art", New York, 1993, on page 237. Christopher Alexander collection.	Western Anatolian carpet, 17th century, Ottoman Empire. Vakiflar Museum, Ankara, 30x40dm, 125x150cm

 XVIII century

RUGS AND CARPETS Christie's SALE 1741 New York, Rockefeller Plaza 12 December 2006	XVIII century Turkish rug, Western Anatolia. private collection. 105 x 174 cm	18th century Anatolian Carpet, Turkey. Detroit Institute of Arts	17-18th century Anatolian village prayer rug with a stylized large Holbein pattern
18th century Anatolian Large Pattern Holbein Carpet, Turkey. Parsons Todd Collection	Eastern Anatolian rug with a large pattern Holbein medallions (Salor Gul)	Holbein pattern Bergama rug, XVIII century.  Turk ve Islam Eserleri Muzesi, Istanbul	A Turkish rug fragment, private collection
A Konya Rug With A Large "Holbein" Medallion, Central Anatolia, 18th Century, Sartirana Textile Show 2010, Sartirana Castle, Sartirana, Lomellina (Pv), Italy	Anatolian village carpet with a large Holbein pattern, Turkey. Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul	Central Anatolian Medallion village rug with Holbein Gul	Turkish village rug. XVIII-XIX century, published Hali 94
Antique Western Anatolian rug with stylized small Holbein medallion, Ankara Vakiflar Museum, mid 19th century