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NM 0162/1977 :: rug (for prayer)

Object description: Symmetrical knots of ca. 1,59/cm2, red “prayer” surface, whitish nisch and floral patterns in dark red, light red, green, blue, aubergine, yellow, dark brown. Large yellow framecontaining big and small stylised flowers.

Data elements
References (2)

Object, external - same as

EM:2008.03.0025

Source - http: kulturarvsdata.se

Inventory number

NM 0162/1977

Serie nummer

12426

Previous ID

2008.03.0025

Object

rug (for prayer)

Country - Origin

Turkey : Asia

Country, Swedish - Origin

Turkiet

Region - Origin

Milas

Geographic name, alternative

Anatolia

Material

Wool

Loan out - Current

0000.0006, Etnografiska museet

Acquisition

Gift from the estate of Axel and Nora Lundgren, registered the 29/9/1977.

Description, Swedish

Matta, sent 1800-tal, Ladik.

Description

Symmetrical knots of ca. 1,59/cm2, red “prayer” surface, whitish nisch and floral patterns in dark red, light red, green, blue, aubergine, yellow, dark brown. Large yellow framecontaining big and small stylised flowers.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

1850-1900

Name - Acquired from

Lundgren, Axel (1889-03-10 - 1939-10-13), bergsingenjör

Source - http: collections.smvk.se, collections.smvk.se, www.geni.com, sok.riksarkivet.se, xn--portrttarkiv-kcb.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Published text

In the AH 12th and 13th /AD 18th and 19th centuries, the small town of Milas in the southwest of Turkey was a centre for the manufacture of prayer rugs. A characteristic feature of later Milas prayer rugs is the dark red angular prayer niche. The inner side of the niche is edged all around with small flower-like ornaments. In the lower part of the niche is an octagon connected with four rosettes. The ornamentation within the arch is badly worn. Four green and red peonies with a rhomb between on a white background fill the area of the spandrels. The central rectangular field containing the prayer niche is framed several times by stripes of different geometrical patterns. The next border shows on a yellow background a design consisting of red octagons, alternating with large stylised blossoms in red, white and dark and light blue. From each of these blossoms emerge four heavily stylised carnations. The outer band shows a row of multicoloured small octagons on a white background.

Source: [https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01;25;en&cp]

How date and origin were established:

Milas was a centre for the manufacture of prayer rugs in the 12th–13th / 18th–19th centuries. Prayer rugs from Milas showing angular niches are ascribed to the 13th / 19th century; a Milas prayer rug showing a very similar pattern is dated to the first half of the 13th / 19th century.

How Object was obtained:

Gift from the estate of Axel and Nora Lundgren, registered 29 September 1977.

How provenance was established:

Rugs with similar designs and colour schemes are usually ascribed to the Milas group of rugs.

Source: [https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01;25;en&cp]

Comments

Compare with Les tapis de Melas, Biennale des Antiquitaires, Grand Palais, Paris 1982, cat. nr. 585.

Ladik type

The rug is vacuum-cleaned, and surface dust was taken away with a soft bruch. It is rolled up on a paper stafetta, and wrapped into a cotton cover.

Flyttas till Etnografiska.

Publications

Islam - Konst och kultur, Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm 1985, nr. 17.

Den Orientaliska mattan i Sverige, red. K. Ådahl, Medelhavsmuseet, Värnamo 1998, nr. 40.

Reference - Published in

Ådahl, Karin (red.) (1998). Den orientaliska mattan i Sverige. Stockholm: Medelhavsmuseet

Source - http: libris.kb.se

Source - http

islamicart.museumwnf.org

Length / Längd

148,5 cm

Dimensions

L. 148,5 cm, W. 113 cm

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002

Original register

Islam

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