Prayer rug, Kulah. The field of soft green is shaded and filled with rows of conventionalized floral forms and fringed with pinks in profile along the inner border. The field above the prayer niche is soft blue with rows of pink and red blossoms. Above is a wide border of conventionalized pinks in groups of four and below the prayer field another wide border of conventionalized blossoms and leaves in blocks. The main border contains a running band of conventionalized floral sprays. Fourteen narrow borders in pale beige, brown, and green, carry single blossoms and arrowhead motifs. Sides are selvaged, and the upper end has a narrow web ending in short warp fringe. Ghiordes knot, with 12 knots per lineal inch, wool warp and woof. Selvage of one side torn. Many patches.

Prayer Rug, 18th century

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Bequest of William E. Goodfellowexpand_more  46.19.16

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Prayer Rug
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46.19.16
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Prayer rug, Kulah. The field of soft green is shaded and filled with rows of conventionalized floral forms and fringed with pinks in profile along the inner border. The field above the prayer niche is soft blue with rows of pink and red blossoms. Above is a wide border of conventionalized pinks in groups of four and below the prayer field another wide border of conventionalized blossoms and leaves in blocks. The main border contains a running band of conventionalized floral sprays. Fourteen narrow borders in pale beige, brown, and green, carry single blossoms and arrowhead motifs. Sides are selvaged, and the upper end has a narrow web ending in short warp fringe. Ghiordes knot, with 12 knots per lineal inch, wool warp and woof. Selvage of one side torn. Many patches.