2001.285: Prayer Carpet
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2001.285
- Title
- Prayer Carpet
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- rug
- Date
- late 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Western Türkiye (Turkey)
- Culture
- Turkish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/149264
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Warps: 2 Z spun S plied undyed white wool. Wefts: 1 Z spun red wool yarn; 2-5 yarns per weft shot, usually 3, with a 2 parallel + 1 format. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: red, purple, freckled indigo, blue-green abrashed to green, bright yellow, black, white, and apricot. Knots: symmetrical; 34 knots per vertical decimeter; 30 knots per horizontal decimeter; 1020 knots per square decimeter. Right selvedge: 5 bundles of 2 warps each, wrapped with wefts. Left selvedge: 6 bundles of 2 warps each, wrapped with wefts. Top end: 2.5 cm. of red tapestry weave, stripped. Bottom end: 1-1.5 cm. of red tapestry weave, stripped.
- Technique
- Woven with pile
- Dimensions
- 132 x 109 cm (51 15/16 x 42 15/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- 2001.285
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- So-called Transylvanian with central floral medallion with Ghirlandaio flowers. Red field with yellow tulip borders. Top of design is top of rug.
Publication History
- Walter B. Denny, Oriental Rugs, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C, 1979), frontispiece
- Mr. Raoul Tschebull, "To Praise and Pray", HALI, ed. Daniel Shaffer (London, England, November 2002 - December 2002), vol.24, no.6, issue 125, pp.108-109, p.109
Exhibition History
- The Best Workmanship, the Finest Materials: Prayer Carpets of the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/03/2002 - 12/15/2002
Verification Level
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