1982.65: Kirshahir Prayer Rug
Textile Arts
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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
- Permissions
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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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