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Ghiordes prayer rug from western Anatolia, early 19th century; in a New York state private collection. Dagestan prayer rug Kırşehir prayer rug from Anatolia, about 1900; in a private collection in New Jersey. Mujur prayer rug from Anatolia, 19th century; in a New York state private collection Mujur prayer rug, late 18th or early 19th century. 1.80 × 1.50 metres. Melas prayer rug, Transylvanian type, 18th century. 1.72 × 1.29 metres. Figure 82: Specialized rugs. (right) Wool prayer rug from Bursa, Turkey, Ottoman, 16th century. The field contains a mihrab, or prayer niche, with a mosque lamp hanging in the central arch.
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Invalidated site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Prayer rug. May 25, 2018
Add new Web site: Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion - Praying through the senses: The Prayer Rug/Carpet and the Converging Territories of the Material and the Spiritual. Oct 21, 2016
Added new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Prayer rug. Dec 03, 2007
Article revised. Feb 24, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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