Vadas József (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 13. (Budapest, 1993)

BATÁRI Ferenc: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum két aprómintás "Holbein"-szőnyege

Notes 1 Radisics, Jenő: Képes kalauz néhai ipolyi Arnold nagyváradi püspök gyűjteményeihez (A Pictorial Guide to The Collections of Arnold Ipolyi, Bishop of Nagyvárad), Budapest, without date /1887/. 2 Csányi, Károly, with the contribution of Sándor Csermelyi and Károly Layer: Erdélyi török szőnyegek kiállításának leiró lajstroma (Catalogue for The Exhibition of Turkish Carpets From Transylvania), Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 1914. 3 Vegh, J/ules/, Layer, Ch/arles/: Tapis Turcs provenant des églises et collections de Transylvanie, Paris, without date /1925/. 4 Csányi, Károly: Magyar Szó'nyegkedveló'k Egyesületének régi keleti szőnyeg kiállítása az Orsz. Magyar Iparművészeti Múzeumban (Exhibition of Ancient Oriental Carpets by The Association of Hungarian Carpet Collectors, held in the National Hungarian Museum of Applied Arts), Budapest, 1924. 5 Layer, Károly, with the contribution of Sándor Mihalik and Mária Csernyánszky: Régi kisázsiai szőnyegek kiállítása (Exhibition of Ancient Carpets from Asia Minor), Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 1935. 6 Layer, Károly, with the contribution of Sándor Mihalik and Mária Csernyánszky: Régi perzsa szőnyegek kiállítása (Exhibition of Ancient Persian Rugs), Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 1936. 7 Csernyánszky, Mária: Erdélyi szőnyegek (Transylvanian Rugs). In Szépművészet (Fine Arts, a periodical), 1944/10, Budapest, pp.3-12. 8 Csernyánszky, Mária: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum török szőnyege a XVI. század elejéről (A Turkish Rug From The Beginning of The Sixteenth Century In The Collection of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts). In Magyar Múzeum (Hungarian Museum, a periodical), 1945 1/1, Budapest, pp.22-29. 9 Inv.No: 8546; size: 115 cm x 189 cm; Technique: knotted; warp: wool, Z2S, ivory, every second on a moderately higher level. Weft: wool, Z, red, in two rows, with "lazy lines" on two sides at the top. The original ends has not survived; self-edges: 4 cords on 4 x 2 warps, wool, 2Z, red. After the inner double chain the weft appears on the surface and returns again after the row of knots, creating a red line on the sides that resembles a line of stitches. Knotting: wool, Z2, colours: two shades of red, ivory, three shades of blue, brown (altogether 7 colours). Dye used: red: Rubia tinctorum L; blue: indigo, probaly an essence of the local Isatis tinctoria; greenish blue: indigo + Reseda Luteola L. or Salvia triloba (the colourings were analysed by dr. Agnes Tímárné Balázsy). Knots: symmetrical ("gördes" knots), approx. 29/10 cm horizontally and 39/10 cm vertically, altogether approx. 1092/dm

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. Condition: worn, brown knots erroded. Ca. in 40 cm width rewoven at the top left in the outer border; ca. 30 cm long rewoven at the bottom right in the outer borderi; ca in 30 with rewoven at the right bottom corner, in a triangle shape. 10 Inv.No.: 14785; size: 154 cm x 220 cm; Technique: knotted; Warp: wool, Z2S, ivory, on a higher level at the right. Weft: wool, Z, terracotta, in two rows. Ends: 21 cm long kilim at the bottom, 22 cm long at the top. Self-edges on sides: 8 cords on 8 x 2 warps, wool 2Z, terracotta. Knotting: wool, 2Z, colours: three shades of blue, red, ochre, white, brownish black (altogether 7 colours). Dye used: red: Rubia tinctorum L.; blue: indigo (from Isatis tinctoria?). Knots: symmetrical ("gördes") knots, approx. 22/10 cm horizontally, approx. 27/10 cm vertically, altogether approx. 940/dm

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. Condition: fair, with ends repaired. White pile on the left is reknotted in small areas. 11 Mills, John: "Small Pattern Holbein" Carpets in Western Paintings. HALL Vol 1, No.

4. London, 1978 pp.326-334. 12 Mills, see above, p.327, illustration 1. 13 Inv.No: 73; according to new research, the painting is modelled on Giovanni Bellini, beginning u[ the Unii century. 14 Ellis, Charles Grant: Ellis in Ilolbeinland, in Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies I, London, 1985, pp.55-75; the two Holbein carpets from Budapest are marked with R-25 and R-42. 15 Pinner, Robert - Stanger, Jackie: "Kufic" Borders on "Small Pattern Holbein" Carpets. HALI Vol 1 No 4, London, 1978 pp.335-338.