Table rug, Ottoman Empire, mid-19th century, cream... Lot 240

Table rug, Ottoman Empire, mid-19th century, cream satin ground, gold embroidery of the heraldic symbols of the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, which formed the Kingdom of Romania, under a single crown and warrior emblems, flower border, gold braid (wear). After four centuries of autonomy under Ottoman influence, the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia merged in 1859 to form the old Kingdom of Romania, whose complete independence from the Ottoman Empire was recognized at the Congress of Berlin in 1878. 0, 70 x 0, 99 m