Antique Teal Green Mujur Prayer Rug
This exquisite Mujur Prayer Rug captivates with its rare teal green background, a feature that immediately sets it apart from its peers. Enhancing its allure, the rug boasts an outstanding palette, prominently featuring rich aubergine purple tones. While most Mujur rugs typically showcase a characteristic red background, this piece stands out as a unique treasure. Indeed, niche color variations in Mujur rugs are exceptionally scarce, with yellow grounds being particularly elusive and remaining the rarest of all.
The border of the rug showcases the signature tile pattern, wherein ‘Crivelli’ type stars form mesmerizing quincuncial motifs. These stars repeat in a dazzling array of chromatic combinations, creating a visually stunning effect. Furthermore, the niche spandrels boldly deviate from convention. Instead of the traditional ewers, they feature diagonal sets of squares meticulously arranged by color. This innovative design element evokes the image of distant fireworks illuminating the background of the niche, adding a dynamic and unexpected dimension to the rug’s overall composition.
- Warp: wool, ivory
- Weft: wool, black, 2 shots between knotted rows
- Knot: symmetrical, weaving direction opposite to niche, very slight warp depression
- Knot count: 9H x 9V = 81 knots/square inch
- Selvages: flat, two sets of paired warps wrapped with rust coloured wool
- Ends: missing
- Colours: teal green, mahogany red, medium blue, light blue, turquoise, light yellow, light green, aubergine, dark brown, ivory (10)
- Condition: unrestored; medium pile allover with visible areas of wear and corrosion