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Prayer rug with upper panel, MUDJUR
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Prayer rug with upper panel, MUDJUR

1840 - 1860 · wool

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Prayer rug with upper panel, MUDJUR. Central field: cherry-red mihrab with a high gable featuring five-colored stepped lines. The spandrels are grey-green with two red oil lamps. A narrow frieze displays a yellow "omega line" dividing the panel into blue and black battlements. Borders: multiple. The widest is yellow with cut-out pure squares filled with a starflower and separate diagonal leaves in many colors, finely kaleidoscopically subdivided. The inner selvedge in blue with diamonds is framed by two equal speckled bands. The outer selvedge is black.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBidkleed met bovenpaneel, MUDJUR. 1840 - 1860. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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