ANTIQUE ANATOLIAN PRAYER RUG FROM THE REGION OF MADEN

Beskrivning

A well preserved antique rug with some re-piling in the centre field which corresponds to the area abraded by the knees of the owner during his frequent daily prayer offering. The colours are incredibly rich and lustrous and a tribute to skills of the dyers who produced them from the array of local plants and flowers. There is a very similar rug which is shown on colour plate 154 in ”Oriental Rugs – Volume 4 – Turkish by Zipper and Fritzsche. Reference 3493. Size 152 x 91 cms., or 5 x 3 ft. Euros 900.

CLOSE UP OF THE TOP END OF THE RUG SHOWS THE DEPTH AND RICHNESS OF COLOURS USED IN THE PILE. As is often the case the trade name allocated to a rug is more for convenience than accuracy. The region of Maden is part of the rich agricultural land which lies between the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the mountains of southern Turkey. This rug is from the large village of Camardi which is the gathering point of rugs woven in the whole area in readiness for sale. It has woolen warps and wefts as well as natural dyes. The narrow horizontal bands of design which are used in the main borders are typical of rugs from this origin.