Textile ArtsOttoman19th-20th century

Kirshahir Prayer Rug

1875-1925

Description

This is a Kirshahir (Kirsehir) Prayer Rug with a stepped prayer niche in field.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Woven with pile

Medium

Warp: 2 Z spun S plied wool; 1 level. Weft: 1 Z spun wool in dark red, orange, undyed brown and yellow; mostly 2 and sometimes 3/4/5 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: dark red heavily abrashed to light red, dark yellow (heavily abrashed), light green (most likely indigo sulfonic), purple, fuchsine purple (now faded), undyed white, corrosive brown. Knots: symmetrical. Both selvedges: 2 bundles of 2 green warps each. Top end: 1 cm. green tapestry weave, stripped. Top of design is bottom of rug.

Culture

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman period

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

171 x 118 cm (67 5/16 x 46 7/16 in.)

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