4'6" x 5'10" (137cm x 178cm) Turkey, Central Anatolia: Mid-20th Century Knotted pile: wool
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A beautiful old village rug from Central Turkey, woven in the shaggy "Tulu" style. The design, consisting of ascending stepped arches topped with horn-like shapes, is fairly well-known in the region, both in pile rugs and flat-weaves. It is often assumed to represent the "mihrab," the niche in a prayer rug, but its origins are probably more archaic. The rug is in excellent state of preservation and has excellent quality wool, characteristic of this highland region.