Transylvanian rug

also called  Siebenbürger rug 

 any of the large numbers of floor coverings found in the churches of Transylvania (part of Romania), to which they had been donated by pious families. Some of these rugs are of Turkish manufacture, survivals of a massive importation centuries ago. Turkey is generally assumed to be the source of all Transylvanian carpets, but certain similarities of technique, weight, and dye range suggest that some may have been made in the same neighbourhood, possibly in Transylvania itself or in the European Turkey of the 17th and 18th centuries. The question remains unsettled.

      Prevalent designs include bird rugs (bird rug), Lotto carpets (Lotto carpet), carpets with arches at both ends of the field, column Ladiks (Ladik carpet), and varied prayer-rug (prayer rug) forms commonly ascribed to Ghiordes (Ghiordes carpet), Melas (Melas carpet), or Konya (Konya carpet) carpets.

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