34 | Bergama Prayer Rug, North West Anatolia, Early 20th C.

• Wool on wool
• North West Anatolia, early 20th century
• Dimensions: 1.05 x 0.98 m
• Age-according good overall-condition, very low pile, several professionally executed restorations
• A rug from Bergama, the ‘Pergamum of Antiquity’, in typical strict geometric pattern and mihrab
• This object is sold through the Berlin office

The Bergama rug from North West Anatolia in a smaller format is a prayer carpet with a depicted niche. a carpet from Bergama, the ‘Pergamum of antiquity’, in typical strict geometric pattern. The red niche is surrounded by a dark blue sky. Both are patterned with palmettes. They are framed by three borders in different fillings of tendrils. The carpet is in age-according good overall-condition with very low pile and several professionally executed restorations. The dimensions are 1.05 x 0.98 m.