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Kirshehir prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/276
Place of creation/finding
Central Anatolia (Turkey)
Dating
2nd half of the 19th c.
Technique
wiązanie symetryczne, tkanie
Material
wool
Object type
prayer rug
Rozwiń
Department
Textiles
Ownership
The Teresa Sahakian Foundation, long term loan
Dimensions
175 x 115 cm
Text description

Kirshehir prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/276
In the green central field the prayer niche the colour of light aubergine, with inner light blue hooks and triangular stepped top, surmounted by a turret with an arrow atop. In the centre of the niche a dark yellow rectangle with stepped edges, with an inscribed rosette. Two analogous motifs, red in colour, at the top and at the bottom of the central field. In the spandrels two slanted flowers. Along the vertical inner edges of the field a row of flowers on slanted stalks. We warmly invite you to become more acquainted with full description of this rug published in “Prayer Rugs Collection catalogue" by Katarzyna Połujan (Teresa Sahakian Foundation, The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum), Warsaw 2015.
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Kirshehir prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/276