Prayer rug, MELAS, Prayer rug, MELAS. Center field: narrow orange-red mihrab in a constricted gable and a flower stalk in white, brown, soft yellow, light blue and eggplant. On white swags that merge above the gable end are rows of angled carnations or sycamore leaves. Edges: bifurcated. On a very wide gold ochre inner margin are diamond-shaped and four-part flowers, one in eggplant, the other in light and dark red, white and light green. There is one outer hem, in eggplant, with climbing carnations facing left and right. Center field and outer hem surrounded by interlocking triangle strips., Melas, c. 1900, wool, height 133 cm × width 101 cm
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Prayer rug, MELAS, Prayer rug, MELAS, Center field, narrow orange-red mihrab, constricted gable, flower stalk, white, brown, soft yellow, light blue, eggplant, white swags, merge, gable, rows, angled carnations, sycamore leaves, Edges, bifurcated, a, wide gold ochre inner margin, diamond-shaped, four-part flowers, eggplant, light, dark red, white, light green, outer hem, eggplant, climbing carnations facing left, right, Center field, outer hem surrounded, interlocking triangle strips, Melas, c, 1900, wool, height 133 cm, width 101 cm
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