Ushak "Lotto" rug with cloudband motif border, first half XVII century. Evangelical Church of Biertan (Birthalm), inv. no: 58


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"Lotto" rug with cloudband motif border, first half XVII century, Western Turkey, Ushak Region, Ottoman Empire. 119x183cm. 840 knots/dm2. Evangelical Church of Biertan (Birthalm), inv. no: 58. Published in Stefano Ionescu's "Antique Ottoman rugs in Transylvania", cat 29