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A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' PRAYER RUG
WEST ANATOLIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The open madder red mihrab beneath a stepped indigo arch containing stylized saz leaves and small flowerheads within a wide maize-yellow border of polychrome palmettes supported by curling leaves and floral vine between striped guard stripes, partially oxidized browns, areas of repiling and repairs, area of rewoven side, repaired areas to selvage
Approximately 5ft.5in. x 4ft.3in. (165cm. x 130cm.)
Warp: yellow wool, Z2S, slightly depressed, undulating
Weft: two shoots, yellow wool, Z1, red in the inner field and approx. 20cm. on the upper end
Pile: wool, Z1 and Z2S (very fibrous), knots symmetrical inclined to the left, H3.0 x V2.3/cm.
Sides: yellow and brown wool flatwoven, Z1, bound with three warps on the left and two on the right as an additional fastening, ground-shoot drawn around the first warp
Ends: yellow wool, Z1, approx. 3cm. plain weave
Remarks: lazy lines, because of the undulating warp the back appears disorderly, the second additional warp is sometimes made of cotton
WEST ANATOLIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The open madder red mihrab beneath a stepped indigo arch containing stylized saz leaves and small flowerheads within a wide maize-yellow border of polychrome palmettes supported by curling leaves and floral vine between striped guard stripes, partially oxidized browns, areas of repiling and repairs, area of rewoven side, repaired areas to selvage
Approximately 5ft.5in. x 4ft.3in. (165cm. x 130cm.)
Warp: yellow wool, Z2S, slightly depressed, undulating
Weft: two shoots, yellow wool, Z1, red in the inner field and approx. 20cm. on the upper end
Pile: wool, Z1 and Z2S (very fibrous), knots symmetrical inclined to the left, H3.0 x V2.3/cm.
Sides: yellow and brown wool flatwoven, Z1, bound with three warps on the left and two on the right as an additional fastening, ground-shoot drawn around the first warp
Ends: yellow wool, Z1, approx. 3cm. plain weave
Remarks: lazy lines, because of the undulating warp the back appears disorderly, the second additional warp is sometimes made of cotton
Provenance
Acquired 9 August 1937 as an "anatol Gebetsteppich"
Literature
Bernheimer, Otto, Alte Teppiche des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts der Firma L. Bernheimer, Munich, 1959, pl.12
"Marketplace," Hali, Issue 29, 1986, p.170 as part of the family collection on view to celebrate the opening of the new London Gallery
"Marketplace," Hali, Issue 29, 1986, p.170 as part of the family collection on view to celebrate the opening of the new London Gallery