"Lotto" rug, 1600s, Western Turkey, Ushak Region, Ottoman Empire. Brukenthal Museum, inventory no: 1624


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"Lotto" rug, 1600s, Western Turkey, Ushak Region, Ottoman Empire. 137x223cm, 960 knots/dm2. This is the second largest Lotto rug in Transylvania. Brukenthal Museum, inventory no: 1624. Formerly it was in the Evangelical church in Nocrich, Sibiu county

Location of the Fortified Evangelical church in Nocrich, Sibiu county

Evangelical church in Nocrich, Sibiu county

Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu