Konya Ladik prayer Turkish rug, circa 1870, antique. Size: 129 x 98 (cm) 4' 3" x 3' 3" carpet id: k-3148
Collector's item, high pile, acceptable condition, thick pile, the edges have minor problems, the knots are hand spun wool, vegetable dyes, the black color is oxidized, the warp and the weft threads are 100% wool, prayer design, the mehrab is warm rust, up part is turquoise, the surrounded large border is black.
Private collection.
a similar example was published in the catalog of "Orientalische Teppiche " By von Stanley Reed on page 47, ill. 58