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Panderma prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/464
Place of creation/finding
North-West Anatolia (Turkey)
Dating
early 20th c.
Technique
tkanie, wiązanie symetryczne
Material
cotton, silk
Object type
prayer rug
Rozwiń
Department
Textiles
Ownership
The Teresa Sahakian Foundation, long term loan
Dimensions
166 x 119 ; fringe 4 and 13 cm
Text description

Panderma prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/464
The central field with two horizontal bands set apart at the bottom and at the top. The individual parts outlined with white narrow bands with the motif of a zigzag. The mihrab is navy blue, with a triangular, slightly rounded top, flanked with smaller arcades, supported on two slender columns decorated with the motif of an angular tendril, with slanting, leafy twigs along the edges. In the upper section of the niche a suspended flower bouquet, along the lower edge, between the columns, a row of flowers of different sizes on thin stems. The green spandrels densely filled with a floral ornaments: trees, flowers, rosettes, and serrated leaves. The bands at the bottom and at the top of the field, cinnamon-brown with the motif of two different flowers arranged alternately, on leafy straight 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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Panderma prayer rug

author unknown
ZKW-dep.FTS/464