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Antique Shirvan Marasali Kabistan prayer rug / namazlyg, Shirvan Region, Azerbaijan. Enza Milanesi's "The Carpet" |
Private collection. The 19th-century Caucasian style also reinterpreted the prayer rug, creating a special version of it in which the mihrab is recognized only by the mere profile of the geometric arch, arranged over a uniform floral grid that extends across the whole field of the carpet.
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