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5
Anatolian Pile Rug
19th
century
What sets this
Kurdish prayer rug apart from its analogs is the remarkable harmony
of its soft, rich colors. Commonly, prayer rugs of this type from
eastern Anatolia sport harsh, garish tones, suggesting that this
piece may be considerably older than most. The outer border has
yielded to the ravages of time. The red field color surrounding the
blue-green mihrab results from use of an insect dye, probably
cochineal; the inner minor border is probably a lighter cochineal as
well. The archaic totemic figures in the field are typical of
Kurdish weavings from this area, though no meaning has ever been
accurately attributed to them.
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Detailed Images
(click an image for a
detailed view)
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Detail 1 - front
(162kb) |
Detail 2 - back & sides
(212kb) |
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Structural
Analysis |
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Size: |
4’
3”
x 2’ 11”
(130 x 89 cm) |
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Warp: |
Ivory wool,
no depression |
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Weft: |
Pale orange wool, 2 shoots |
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Pile: |
Wool Symmetric
knots, 10v x 8h,
80kpsi |
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Colors: |
(10) blue/green, ivory, dark blue, medium blue, apricot, rose,
cochineal red, orange, yellow, dark brown |
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Ends: |
missing |
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Sides: |
missing |
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