The Gheordez Prayer Rug Was Initially Created

Antique kashan prayer rug central persian 3ft 5in x 5ft 1in late 19th century.

The gheordez prayer rug was initially created.

X 3ft 9in wool on wool lazy lines light wear a few scattered areas of old repiling. Antique bergama prayer rug western turkey 3ft 2in x 5ft 7in early 19th century. The gheordez prayer rug was initially created as fine art to be exhibited in a museum. The ghiordes rugs are the most important and prized rugs in.

For its design colours and proportions this is a great example of that particular type of west anatolian prayer rugs dating from the beginning of the 18th century highly sought after by collectors. Prayer rugs are characterized by the prayer niche or mihrab an arch shaped design at one end of the carpet. Antique ghiordes prayer rug western turkey 5ft 1in x 7ft 5in circa 1850. Idealized art strives for within the standards and aesthetics of a particular culture.

Abstracted imagery always contains unrecognizable subject matter. The mihrab which probably. In subsequent stages however the entire rugs including the prayer niche were fully decorated and looked rather like a garden in bloom. Initially the artists left the centre of the niche plain perhaps in order not to distract the person using it from praying.

Implied lines in a work of art do not physically exist. Antique ladik prayer rug turkey 3ft 10in x 6ft 0in circa 1800. Ghiordes prayer rug west anatolia about 1700 5ft 1in.