Mucur (Mudjur) Prayer Rug

157 x 107 cm (5' 2" x 3' 6")

Turkey, late 19th century (ca.1885)



Condition: used, low pile in places, lower end restored and damaged.

Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

 

Mucur (Mudjar, Mujar) is a district of the province of Kirsehir located in the central Anatolian region of Turkey.

These prayer rugs have a distinctive mihrab stepped and topped with a geometrically figured pole and surrounds with wide symmetical borders. The mihrab field is typically a deep red or an earthen tone, while the colorful geometric border patterns are rendered in mellow tones of yellow, green, violet, orange and ivory. A very nice small rug with colours that will match most interiors.