Bukovina. Embroidery and Carpets, 19th c.from the collection of Prof. Erich Kolbenhyer.
Examples of Embroidery. Portion of an Old Carpet.
Source: Peasant art in Austria and Hungary edited Charles Holme (1848-1923). Published 1911.
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