Early Transylvanian Ladik 'Coupled-Column' Prayer Rug, West Anatolia, circa 1700, wool/wool, approx. 165 x 127 cm, condition: (traces of age/use, early repairs), fine quality, so-called coupled-column prayer-rug with double columns, made for the churches in Siebenbürgen, high-quality natural dyes with characteristic yellow cartouche border, artful leafs in the indigo-blue niches, (backside with so-called 'Lazy-Lines'), museum quality, a very similar piece was in the famous and important professor Christopher Alexander collection, absolutely rare, (Literature: Eberhart Herrmann, Von Konya bis Kokand- Seltene Orientteppiche, p.39. Literature II: K.Zipper & C.Fritzche, 'Battenberg' Orientteppiche, Band 3: Anatolische Teppiche, no.152. Literature III: P.Bausback, Anatolische Knüpfteppiche aus vier Jahrhunderten, p.90-93. Literature IV: New York 'Metropolitan' Museum, S.M.Dimand and Jean Mailey, Oriental Rugs in the MetropolitanMuseum of Art, 1973, no.137, pp.245-6. Literature V: Raymond Bernadout, Turkish Rugs,1975, London, pl.17. Literature VI: P.Bausback, Antike Orientteppiche, 1978, no.68/69).*************************************** ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************Special-Auction: Antique, old and decorative collector rugs & carpets. Please ask for condition-reports and more high-resolution detail photos. Henrys Auktionshaus AG Department 'Rugs & Carpets', teppich, tapis, tappeto, alfromba.