An antique Tuduc prayer rug, Transylvania

Approx: 185cm. x 115cm. Very well drawn design with very good colour combination. This rug has slight wear to the top pile, down to knot collar in places, otherwise good pile, soft wool quality. Selvages original. Ends with original short kilim. In general, this rug is in very good usable condition. Sought after and seldom found type on the market. Attractive and very good furnishing piece. Woven on wool foundation.

Theodor Tuduc born in Transylvania (1888-1983) was a Romanian rug restorer and famous rug forger. He made high quality, exact reproductions of antique rugs and passed them off as authentic. His technical skills were so refined that many of his, now famous, Tuduc rugs, were acquired by prestigious museums. Some of Tuduc’s reproductions include Transylvanian, Lotto, Chintamani and Spanish armorial carpets.