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"Transylvanian" rug, Western Turkey (Ushak?), second half 17th century, Ottoman Empire. Textile Museum, Washington. Accession Number: R34.22.1 (dated to the first quarter 18th century by the museum)

 


Museum Description
Date: first quarter 18th century
Style: Turkish village
Culture: Turkish
Materials: wool
Dimensions: 177.80 H x 117.48 W cm (70 H x 46 1/4 W in)
Structure: knotted pile; symmetrical knot, pulled left; semi-depressed warps; lazy lines
Accession Number: R34.22.1
Credit Line: Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1925

Bibliography
The Arts of Islam; The Arts of Council of Great Britain, London; 1976
Kirkham, Pat and Susan Weber, Editors: History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000; Bard Graduate Center, New York and Yale University Press, New Haven and London; 2013
Jacoby, Heinrich: Eine Sammlung orientalischer Teppiche; Scarabaeus Verlag, Berlin; 1923
Gantzhorn, Volkmar: The Christian Oriental Carpet: A Presentation of its Development, Iconologically and Iconographically, from its Beginnings to the 18th Century; Benedikt Taschen, Cologne; 1991
Brophy, Beth: "A Legacy of Beauty"; U.S. News and World Report: New York, NY; 2005
King, Donald and David Sylvester: The Eastern Carpet in the Western World from the 15th to the 17th Century; Art Council of Great Britain, London; 1983
Sumru Belger Krody: Creative Tension; Hali Publishers, London; 2002
George Rogers: The Textile Museum Bulletin; The Textile Museum Bulletin, Washington, D.C.; 1991
Blair, Sheila S. and Jonathan M. Bloom (eds.): Images of Paradise in Islamic Art; Hood Museum of Art/Dartmouth College, Hanover; 1991
Roberts, Delmar L.: "Washington Tekstil Müzesinde Türk Halilari"; Türkiyemiz, Ak YayinlariLtd. Sti., Istanbul; 1975
Denny, Walter B.: "Exhibition Preview: The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets"; The Textile Museum Bulletin, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C; 2002
Denny, Walter B.: The Classical Traditions in Anatolian Carpets; The Textile Musem and Scala Publishers Ltd., London; 2002
Richard Ettinghausen: Prayer Rugs; The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.; 1974
Yohe, Ralph S. and H. McCoy Jones (editors): Turkish Rugs; The Rug Society of Washington, DC; 1968
Denny, Walter B: Sotheby's Guide to Oriental Carpets; Simon & Schuster, New York; 1994
Bucci, Rachel and Julia Neubauer, eds.: The Textile Museum Bulletin; The Textile Museum Bulletin, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.; 2003
Atil, Esin (ed.): Turkish Art; Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC; 1980
Mackie, Louise W.: The Splendor of Turkish Weaving; The Textile Museum, Washington, DC; 1973
Micaelian, Victor: "The Enigma of the Transylvanian Triple Niche Rugs"; Oriental Carpet & Textile Studies, San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society, Berkeley and Hali Publications, London; 1993
Paquin, Gerard A.: "The Iconography of Everyday Life in Nineteenth Century Middle Eastern Rugs"; The Textile Museum Journal, Washington, D.C.; 1984
Berinstain, Valerie, Susan Day, Elisabeth Floret, Clothilde Galea-Blanc, Odile Gelle, Martine Mathias and Asiyeh Ziai: Great Carpets of the World; The Vendome Press, Paris; 1996

Exhibitions
Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories, 03/21/2015 - 08/24/2015
The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets, 09/13/2002 - 02/16/2003
Turkish Treasures: Highlights from the Collection, 12/16/1986 - 08/09/1987
Old Yarns with a new Twist: Familiar Favorites from the Textile Museum's Collection, 06/08/1984 - 09/23/1984
Navajo Rugs and Turkish Rugs (also called Classical Turkish Rugs and Navajo Blankets), 09/23/1983 - 01/08/1984
Classical Carpets, 10/10/1980 - 01/03/1981
The Arts of Islam, 04/08/1976 - 07/04/1976
Islamic Prayer Rugs, 09/21/1974 - 12/28/1975
The Splendor of Turkish Weaving: An Exhibition of Silks and Carpets of the 13th to 18th centuries, 11/09/1973 - 03/24/1974
Turkish Rugs, 05/26/1968 - 09/21/1968

Link: https://collections-gwu.zetcom.net/en/collection/item/7501/

 

Bibliography
Richard Ettinghausen: Prayer Rugs; The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.; 1974
Yohe, Ralph S. and H. McCoy Jones (editors): Turkish Rugs; The Rug Society of Washington, DC; 1968
Mackie, Louise W.: The Splendor of Turkish Weaving; The Textile Museum, Washington, DC; 1973
Micaelian, Victor: "The Enigma of the Transylvanian Triple Niche Rugs"; Oriental Carpet & Textile Studies, San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society, Berkeley and Hali Publications, London; 1993
Beattie, May H.: "Coupled-Column Prayer Rugs"; Oriental Art, Richmond (England); 1968
Exhibitions
Turkish Treasures: Highlights from the Collection, 12/16/1986 - 08/09/1987
Collections and Recollections: The Textile Museum at 60, 06/03/1985 - 09/22/1985
Navajo Rugs and Turkish Rugs (also called Classical Turkish Rugs and Navajo Blankets), 09/23/1983 - 01/08/1984
Islamic Prayer Rugs, 09/21/1974 - 12/28/1975
The Splendor of Turkish Weaving: An Exhibition of Silks and Carpets of the 13th to 18th centuries, 11/09/1973 - 03/24/1974

Source: https://de1.zetcom-group.de/MpWeb-mpWashingtonGeoWashUniv/v?mode=online&objectId=279



A prayer carpet, also known as a namazlık, seccade, or sajjadah, with a single‐arch motif at the center top portion of its design, such as this example, is used by Muslims to place on the ground to create a spiritually and physically clean and delineated space during five-daily prayer. This design is a stylized version of the more curvilinear prayer carpets found in the sixteenth century Ottoman court-style. The village weaver used more angular forms and bold saturated colors when designing this carpet. The relationship between arch design seen on prayer carpets and the gateway to Paradise is understood across the Muslim traditions, especially the columned and triple-arched design.