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Herekeh · Mid Twenteeth century
The Ottoman Prayer Rug
A silk-and-metal-thread Hereke prayer rug in the Ottoman court manner: a golden mihrab niche beneath an inscription panel, with woven calligraphy carried through every border.
Mihrab niche with hanging ornament; Ottoman calligraphic cartouches in field panels and borders; silk with gilt-metal thread.
- Size
- 5′1″ × 3′3″
- Style
- Herekeh — Hereke, Marmara
- Era
- Mid Twenteeth century
- Pile
- Silk / Gold
- Foundation
- Silk
- Weave
- Hand-knotted
- Dyes
- Vegetable dye
- Condition
- Good
Some photographs are styled visualisations; the piece itself is photographed unretouched.