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A rectangular carpet with a large, dark blue border with yellow, red, and blue geometric floral details. At the bottom center is a solid red pentagon that points up. Above it shows geometric details on a light blue background and a red and blue pattern above it. The red and blue pattern have two large arrows that point down.

The rectangular carpet lies flat vertically and has a large, dark blue border with yellow, red, and blue geometric floral details. There are smaller detailed borders outside and inside the larger border. At the bottom center is a solid red pentagon that points up and reaches the middle of the piece. There is a small, light blue rectangle within the top point of the pentagon. Above the pentagon shows geometric details on a light blue background and a large red and blue floral pattern above it. The red and blue floral pattern have two large arrows that point down.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.143
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Prayer Carpet
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
rug
Date
1794
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Lâdik
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214294

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Warps: 2 Z spun S plied wool; alternate warps depressed. Wefts: 1 ply Z spun wool in red and light brown; 2 parallel yarns; or 2 parallel + 1 yarns; or 3 parallel yarns. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: dark red (abrashed), orange, yellow, light green, light and dark blue (both heavily abrashed), purple, undyed ivory, corrosive black, corrosive brown. Knots: symmetrical; 50-52 knots per vertical decimeter, 26 knots per horizontal decimeter, 1300 - 1350 knots per square decimeter. Both selvedges: 3 bundles of warps wrapped with weft; 2 warps per bundle. Both ends: restored, but showing 1/2 - 1 cm tapestry weave, stripped.
Technique
Woven with pile
Dimensions
irregular: 198 x 127 cm (77 15/16 x 50 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Elizabeth Gowing, Harborne W. Stuart, Peggy Coolidge, and the Estate of W.I. Stuart in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby H. Stuart, Jr.
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.143
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Prayer carpet with blue field, dated 1209 A.H (1794 CE).

Exhibition History

  • Enter Ye the Garden: Prayer Rugs of Islam, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/26/1989 - 08/20/1989
  • The Best Workmanship, the Finest Materials: Prayer Carpets of the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/03/2002 - 12/15/2002
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/05/2022 - 10/31/2022; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/31/2022 - 04/17/2023

Verification Level

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