"There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great traditional buildings of the past, the villages and tents and temples in which i feel at home, have always been made by people who were very close to the center of this way." Christopher Alexander Monastir prayer rug, early 1800's. a peacefully drawn, well balanced, spacious & architectural weaving with an early, harmonious and tranquil color palette. Recalls the serenity of the bold and calm architecture of the mediavel churches .... Besides the loss to the ends, well preserved with good pile. Mounted on blue canvas.