Twelve rugs made at the Alliance School weaving workshop. [Jerusalem, 1900s to 1910s.] Depicting portraits of Theodor Herzl (two rugs), Lord Arthur James Balfour (two rugs), Max Nordau (three rugs, including one double rug made of two identical rugs sewn together) High Commissioner Herbert Samuel, Haim Weizmann, a uniformed soldier (who might be Djemal Pasha – WWI-era Governor of Greater Syria, or Hussein Bey al-Husayni – Ottoman mayor of Jerusalem), and Chaim Nachman Bialik. The Bialik rug is unique in depicting a literary figure rather than a political one. Although not recorded by Felton or other authorities, its style indicates it was made by the Alliance workshop, whose output was highly influenced by its parent organization's French affiliation. Size and condition vary. Reference: Jewish Carpets, Anton Felton. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997, pp. 71-80. Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.