Based on the XV century 'Bellini' re-entrant
prayer rug from the Victoria & Albert Museum Code: BLN0908 Size: 113x147cm Size (ft): 3'8"x4'9" Area: 1.66 m2 Density: 105 000 knots per square meter, totally ~175 000 knots Colors: madder red, mauve/old purple, medium blue, gold yellow, cerulean blue, light green, midnight blue, ivory, dark brown. Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, onion skins, natural dark brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps (natural ivory and brown twist) and ivory wool wefts (two shots). 1cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical) Pile height: 0.6cm Ends: five rows of decorative knotted meshwork Inscriptions: "Fatih" (XV century Ottoman Sultan) Weaver: Parvana Weaving Period: 3 (three) months Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design: This type of 15th century Turkoman prayer rugs can be seen in the paintings of Venetian painters Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – 23 February 1507) and his brother Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430 – 26 November 1516). The central field contains a mihrab or niche at the top with a keyhole or re-entrant design below and its center may contain a central medallion sometimes flanked by a double inverted mihrab or keyhole. Similar re-entrant or keyhole design rugs are depicted in Lorenzo Lotto's (b. ca. 1480, Venezia - d. 1556, Loreto) paintings too.
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