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Prayer rug, so-called KUMURCU-KULA, i.e. STEENKOLENKULA
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Prayer rug, so-called KUMURCU-KULA, i.e. STEENKOLENKULA. Central field: double mihrab in dark terracotta red with stepped gable tops, containing blue vases and angular arabesques and vines with small flowers, in ultramarine and light blue. Rows of flower buds stand on the sides. In each of the cornflower blue spandrels stands, among others, one sky-blue rosette. Borders: One wide border in gold-ochre with a zigzag vine enclosing a triple flower, alternating red carnations and blue rosettes, combined with a light blue tulip. The inner border in terracotta. Known as 'ZEVENBURGER'.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBidkleed, z.g. KUMURCU-KULA, d.i. STEENKOLENKULA. 1790 - 1810. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.