Antique Moss Green Turkish Prayer Rug with Hearts Border

Tulu rugs represent one of the earliest forms of nomadic pile weaving, typically knotted with a medium-high pile as they were meant as bedding rugs for the tent. Woven in the Karapin...

Antique Oushak carpets are heirs of a very long standing tradition. As rugs of this type were woven in western Anatolia since the Golden Age of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century...

The soft palette of this antique Anatolian Oushak is characteristic of this group of carpets from the late Ottoman period. The pale salmon rose background is embellished by an ogival...

The overall composition of this niche design rug relates it to a group of white ground central Anatolian prayer rugs, mostly woven with more traditional motifs. The primitive nature of the drawing imparts here a cave-like appearance to the niche. The use of silky Angora mohair wool (filik in Turkish) is characteristic of the most precious Tulus. Warp: wool, ivory Weft: wool, ivory, 3-6 shots between knotted rows Knot: symmetrical, weaving direction adjacent to niche, no warp depression Knot count: 4H x 3V = 12 knots/square inch Selvages: three sets of paired warps Ends: weft-faced plain weave; top with corded fringes Colours: ivory, maroon (corrosive), light green, red, grey blue, camel, orange (7) This rug is featured in our current web exhibition entitled 'Like a Prayer...

Filikli rugs represent probably the earliest, most primitive form of weaving known to mankind, veritably untouched over the course of a few thousand years. These were originally inte...

Filikli rugs represent probably the earliest, most primitive form of weaving known to mankind, veritably untouched over the course of a few thousand years. These were originally inte...

78188 Antique Turkish Prayer Rug with Multiple Mihrabs, 06'07 x 14'07. Warm and inviting, this hand knotted antique Turkish prayer rug is a captivating vision of woven beauty. The composition features multiple mihrabs and enclosed with a series of thin borders. Steeped in Anatolian culture, this antique prayer rug communicates the finer points of ancient Turkish mosque history. Balancing earthy colors and a compelling mihrab niche design, this antique Anatolian prayer rug...

This central Anatolian scatter show a plain niche in sand, outlined in red and surmounted by palest blue-grey spandrels. At each end of the field is a floral panel and a major border...

A handmade Turkish Rug with a prayer niche design in predominant colors in light greensand coral, circa 1920 Measures: 3'2" x 5'4".

Antique Turkish Oushak, Keivan Woven Arts / rug /13-1002, country of origin / type: Turkey / Oushak, circa 1890 Measure: 9'6 x 11'10 This beautiful Oushak from the late 19th centur...

52748 vintage Turkish Oushak Prayer rug, Anatolian Prayer rug. Immersed in Anatolian history and refined colors, this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish prayer rug combines simplicity...

Rug Number 26344 Size 3' 7" X 5' 1" Design Anatolian Collection Antique/Vintage Material Wool Texture Pile Weave Origin Turkey Age Antique/Vintage