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A MELAS PRAYER RUG
TURKEY, CIRCA 1890
The moss-green field with a central column of a stylised leafy tree with a carnation below and a flowerhead above, flanked by a ivory hooked frame, the brick-red mihrab arch above containing stylised flowerheads, in a pair of brick-red and shaded aubergine reciprocal hooked triangle borders between polychrome meandering vine and panelled stripes, brick-red and golden yellow reciprocal crenellated outer stripe, kilim strip at each end, slight corrosion
5ft.4in. x 4ft. (163cm. x 122cm.)
TURKEY, CIRCA 1890
The moss-green field with a central column of a stylised leafy tree with a carnation below and a flowerhead above, flanked by a ivory hooked frame, the brick-red mihrab arch above containing stylised flowerheads, in a pair of brick-red and shaded aubergine reciprocal hooked triangle borders between polychrome meandering vine and panelled stripes, brick-red and golden yellow reciprocal crenellated outer stripe, kilim strip at each end, slight corrosion
5ft.4in. x 4ft. (163cm. x 122cm.)