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Basic information

Daghestan prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/445
Place of creation/finding
Kaukaz Północno-Wschodni (region)
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
161 x 92 ; fringe: 2 x 1.5 cm
Text description

Daghestan prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/445
In the central field, on a white background, slanted rows of small, varicoloured flowers on straight stalks with two leaves, growing out of a small rhombuses. The pentagonal top of the mihrab, enclosed flat, marked by a reddish brown band linked with the border, is decorated with the motif of rhombuses with inscribed crosses. Along the field edge a bluish green (originally green) band of red crosses. 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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Exhibitions

Daghestan prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/445
Cuda Orientu., Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku, 27.VI.2006-27.VIII.2006
Kobierce z kolekcji Fundacji im. T. Sahakian, Zamek Książąt Pomorskich w Szczecinie, 5.VI.2003-31.VIII.2003