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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.65
Title
Kirshahir Prayer Rug
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
rug
Date
1875-1925
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Central Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214118

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Warp: 2 Z spun S plied wool; 1 level. Weft: 1 Z spun wool in dark red, orange, undyed brown and yellow; mostly 2 and sometimes 3/4/5 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: dark red heavily abrashed to light red, dark yellow (heavily abrashed), light green (most likely indigo sulfonic), purple, fuchsine purple (now faded), undyed white, corrosive brown. Knots: symmetrical. Both selvedges: 2 bundles of 2 green warps each. Top end: 1 cm. green tapestry weave, stripped. Top of design is bottom of rug.
Technique
Woven with pile
Dimensions
171 x 118 cm (67 5/16 x 46 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Elizabeth Gowing in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby H. Stuart, Jr.
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.65
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a Kirshahir (Kirsehir) Prayer Rug with a stepped prayer niche in field.

Verification Level

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