TURKEY, PROBABLY ISTANBUL, CIRCA 1890

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A PART-COTTON OTTOMAN PRAYER RUG
TURKEY, PROBABLY ISTANBUL, CIRCA 1890
Of Topkapi prayer design, woven on silk, uneven wear with associated repiling, a few very small cobbled repairs
5ft.11in. x 3ft.11in. (179cm. x 118cm.)

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Lot Essay

The design is taken from the famous 16th century Fletcher prayer rug, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey Of Persian Art, Volume XII, Oxford University Press, 1964 p.1167.

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