Prayer rug, so-called KUMURCU-KULA, i.e. STEENKOLENKULA/formerly also 'ZEVENBURGER'
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Prayer rug, so-called KUMURCU-KULA, i.e. STEENKOLENKULA/EARLIER ALSO 'ZEVENBURGER'. Central field: double mihrab in terracotta with various stepped gable tops and zigzag lines on the sides. In each top stands a green vase, between which blue and yellow palmette and rosette flowers stand on branched vines. Blue spandrels, each with a white rosette and red and yellow lanceolate leaves. Borders: triple. The widest is gold-ochre with a zigzag vine in terra with alternately a triple carnation in red and three bunch flowers in blue, each accompanied by a pointed tulip. The inner border is blue, the outer border dark brown with similar volute vines, so-called kommar vine.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description