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Prayer Carpet

Prayer Carpet

Textile ArtsTurkish19th century

Prayer Carpet

19th century

Description

Prayer kilim with a central medallion with a spray of tulips. Borders similar to those used by the Banaz Usak.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Woven, weft-faced plain weave

Medium

Warps: undyed white cotton, 2 Z spun S plied. 34 warps per decimeter. Wefts: wool, Z spun; varied pairs and singles per shot. Extremely eccentric wefts, supplementary wefts for broceaded ornaments. Weft color: blue (heavily abrashed), red (heavily abrashed), green (probably indigo sulfonic, heavily abrashed), yellow, undyed white, light purply brown, corrosive brown, genuine purple/aubergine. Both selvedges: return wefting. Top and bottom: between 8 and 11 warps in a knotted fringe.

Culture

Turkish

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

irregular: 167 x 158 cm (65 3/4 x 62 3/16 in.)

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