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Prayer Carpet

Prayer Carpet

Textile ArtsTurkish18th-19th century

Prayer Carpet

c. 1800

Description

Rosettes, tulips and leaves, carnations.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Woven with pile

Medium

Warps: 2 Z spun S plied undyed ivory wool; alternate warps on distinct levels. Weft: 1 ply Z spun buff and undyed brown and dark brown wool; almost all two yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: dark red, light red, orange, salmon pink, heavily abrashed green/blue-green, green, dark blue, light blue, purple, undyed ivory, and corrosive brown-black. Knots: symmetrical Knots per vertical decimter: 44/43. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 31. Both selvedges replaced: 2 bundles of 2 or 3 warps wrapped in buff weft. Both ends: restored. Woven upside down.

Culture

Turkish

Century

18th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

195 x 115 cm (76 3/4 x 45 1/4 in.)

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