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Kirshehir Prayer Rug

$10,000
£7,512.28
€8,662.88
CA$13,876.30
A$15,419.64
CHF 8,080.05
MX$189,094.34
NOK 103,056.36
SEK 96,951.64
DKK 64,656.06
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About the Item

This colorful prayer rug from the area of Kirshehir in northern Anatolia paints a repeat image of a courtyard planted with cypress trees. A prayer niche—or mihrab—is outlined in blue with geometric zig-zags, most probably an abstraction of a vine-scroll border. Carnations and other stylized flowers blossom from every direction. The field is dyed with Mexican cochineal, a popular dye-stuff in the Ottoman empire imported from at least the seventeenth century. Light-blue spandrels are perfectly paired with the field composition conveying imagery of a clear blue sky. In keeping with traditional Turkish prayer rug design from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the piece is framed by a multitude of narrow, colorful, striped borders.
  • Dimensions:
    Width: 44 in (111.76 cm)Length: 68 in (172.72 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Wool,Hand-Knotted
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    19th C (4th Q)
  • Condition:
    This rug has not been acid washed.
  • Seller Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 169121stDibs: LU855526104792

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