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Central Anatolian Pile Rug
First half 19th century
This rug can be placed
very generally in the Konya-Cappadocia area – the apricot wefts and
the way that the supplementary light red selvage wrapping
‘dovetails’ into the wefting1 is typical, as is the extremely loose,
floppy handle. Although seccade size, it can be argued that this
piece is not in fact a prayer rug – the field design appears to be a
garden, with pathways, trees, flowers, and a watering can. A
similar piece, with couple-column arches surmounting tree-of-life
forms, appeared at Skinner (6/1/91, lot 146) and was later
illustrated in HALI 98, p.115.
1. See Gulgonen, A.
Konya Cappadocia Carpets,
1997, for several examples of the selvage treatment described here.
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Detailed Images
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detailed view)
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Detail 1 - front
(164kb) |
Detail 2 - back & sides
(184kb) |
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Structural
Analysis |
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Size: |
4' 1½"
x 3' 8½" (126
x 113 cm) |
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Warp: |
ivory wool, Z2S |
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Weft: |
light apricot wool, mostly 3 shoots (some 2),
Z; very loosely packed so that alternate warps show |
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Pile: |
wool, symmetrical knots, 11-13v x 5-6h, 55-78
kpsi; pile is ¼ in. deep in borders, otherwise very low, to
knot shoulders; remaining pile wool is very soft and lustrous |
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Colors: |
(8) green, red,
apricot, ivory, medium blue, light yellow, dark purple, dark
brown |
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Ends: |
¼ in. flatweave remaining, light apricot wool
used in weft |
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Sides: |
4 cords of 2 warps each, wrapped with weft
shoots alternating with 6-10 supplementary strands of light
red wool inserted to produce a striped, or ‘dovetail’ edge
(the inserted rows extend only slightly into the edge of the
pile) |
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NERS GALLERY
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Prayer Rugs &
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