{"id":744,"date":"2010-01-16T11:48:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T10:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transylvanianrugs.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2010-06-23T17:35:32","modified_gmt":"2010-06-23T16:35:32","slug":"ghiordes-prayer-rug-formerly-aita-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transylvanianrugs.com\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"Ghiordes Prayer rug, formerly in the Aita collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

G<\/strong>hiordes prayer rug<\/strong>, West Anatolia, about 1700, 5ft.1in. x 3ft.9in, wool on wool, lazy lines. Light wear, a few scattered areas of old repiling. For its design, colours and proportions this is a great example of that particular type of West Anatolian prayer rugs, dating from the beginning of the 18th century, highly sought after by collectors. RUG SOLD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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There are some comparable examples in Church and Museum collections in Transylvania published in Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania.<\/em><\/p>\n

The border is more openly drawn, thus being closer in feel than is usual for Ghiordes rugs of this group to the ‘Transylvanian’ prototypes made earlier in the seventeenth century.<\/p>\n

Notable is the very nice design of the white spandrels on a blue ground.<\/p>\n

Here are a few examples of prayer rugs, from mid 17th c. to end of 19th century, all showing the same design.<\/p>\n

The examples with the columns having a clear architectonic feature relate to the ‘Transylvanian’ group.<\/p>\n