Çamardı/Niğde Prayer rug, Maden region, Central Anatolian. 5.3ft x 3.4ft (163 x 105 cm.) Circa 1930 Atractive rug with magenta red prayer niche on a pale blue ground. Border design with large palmettes and with some white cotton highlights (in the pitch forks). Six sheep dogs in the mihrab panels below and above. Soft local mountain wool with good pile. One small repair. Dyes: natural and synthetic but nothing conspicously disharmonious. Price:$ 260 usd plus 60 p&p