This highly collectible washed red [salmon pink] cream and beige hand woven Turkaman tribal rug from Iran, nee Persia, is probably circa 1900 and produced for the then westerners fashionable interest in all things oriental. Classified as a prayer mat since the design includes a mihrab (prayer niche) or ‘gateway to paradise' at one end, the size of 137 cm x 90 cm [approx 4ft 6" by 3ft] providing an ideal clean area for prayer. |
