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Rug, prayer   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Rug, prayer
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English: Prayer rug, wool, four geometric borders, small mihrab. "Prayer rug, very nice and rare, red ground, general colour - light red with ivory and some blue. Ascribed "Bergamo" by Anglo-Persian Carpet co. Flexible rug, slightly uneven in weave by sound alternate warp thread pulled under at back. Web at upper end and fringes so good that they may not be original. Soft shawl wool warp. Design is bold with rather overlarge motifs, all geometric. Conforms to Hawley including red weft thread running two-tive times between knots. Weave - Ghiordes knot, 6 x 9 = 54 knots per square inch. Natural wool weft, red wool warp, three corded edges, loose weave, knotted fringe.
Date between circa 1970 and circa 1971
date QS:P571,+1970-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1970-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1971-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
; (17th Century-18th Century)
Medium Woven
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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3084 (object number)
Place of creation Bergama
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, T301
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