Niche Rug with Four Coupled Columns
N°
01731
Period
Circa 1720
Origin
Karapinar, Central Anatolia
Status
Available
Size
146 cm x 105 cm4'9" x 3'5"
Here four pairs of coupled columns support four small mosque-like architectural forms, against an emerald green perspective; the contrast with the camel background adds greatly to the three-dimensionality of the composition. Early Turkish prayer rugs best display the ‘window over the infinite’ imagery, skilfully highlighting its spiritual monumentality.
- Warp: wool, ivory
- Weft: wool, dark brown, 2-3 shots between knotted rows
- Knot: symmetrical, weaving direction adjacent to niche, no warp depression
- Knot count: 6H x 8V = 48 knots/square inch
- Selvages: missing
- Ends: missing
- Colours: camel, dark blue, light yellow, dark green, light red, maroon, dark brown, ivory (8)
- Condition: unrestored; conserved on a beige cotton backing and mounted on a wooden stretcher.
E. Concaro, A. Levi ‘Sovrani Tappeti - Il tappeto orientale dal XV al XIX secolo’, Milano 1999, plate 22, p. 46