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Prayer Rug with Triple Arch Design - Konya (Turkey) - 18th century - MET - Inventory number 2009.458.11   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Prayer Rug with Triple Arch Design - Konya (Turkey) - 18th century - MET - Inventory number 2009.458.11
Description
Carpets ; Rugs
Date late 18th century
Medium Wool (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions L. 56 in. x W. 43 in.
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Islamic Art, gallery 459 (Ottoman Art)
Accession number
2009.458.11
Place of creation Country of Origin Turkey, Central Anatolia, Konya
Object history [ Art market, Paris, until 1979; sold to Black Dumas]; Hillary Black Dumasand D. Gilbert Dumas, Kensington, CA (1979–2009; gifted to MMA)
Credit line Gift from the Collection of Hillary Black Dumas and Dr. D. Gilbert Dumas, 2009
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Ottoman period

Prayer rugs or "seccade" carpets were among the most popular rugs woven in Anatolia. Common features are the characteristic niche design evoking the mihrab or prayer niche and the smaller size that makes such carpets suitable for individual use. Departing from classical Ottoman court carpets, distinct designs and styles were created over time in villages and smaller towns of Anatolia, which explains the existence of a variety of types. This example from Ladik, near Konya in central Turkey shows a stylized niche with a triple arch – each arch shaped in triangles. Curiously, the columns were omitted by the weaver and instead replaced with a pair of stylized vegetal motif shaped as a lozenge, each one hanging as a pendant below the tree-like pattern inserted between the arches. Large carnation fill the top and stand out from whitish ground on top that contrasts with the deep red ground of the niche (copy from : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/456980).
References

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/456980

Eiland, Murray L. Oriental Rugs: A Complete Guide. Rev. 3rd ed. London, 1998. p. 189, ill. fig. 157
Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/456980


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