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Title
Prayer Carpet, Turkey, 19th century, Cotton, pile-woven, On loan from the Marshall & Marilyn R. Wolf Collection, Toronto, LI2019.17.1
Description
This carpet's size, design, and wear pattern reveal that it is a prayer rug, of a type popular in Turkey, Syria, and Iran. The symbolic forms woven into the carpet--prayer niche (mihrab), lamp, candles, incense burner, and ewers--bring its user imaginatively into the sacred space of the mosque, and even the holy site of Mecca itself. The border style suggests that the carpet was woven by Armenian Christian women for sale to Muslim customers.
Publisher
Wolf Collection
Date
19th century
Rights
Wolf Collection
Format
Materials: Cotton, pile-woven
Identifier
M.M. Wolf Collection LI2019.17.1
Coverage
Turkey
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