Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
Prayer Rug

CultureTranscaucasian
Titles
  • Prayer Rug
Dateearly 19th century
Possible placeAzerbaijan, Karabakh
Possible placeMalibeyli, Azerbaijan
Possible placeCaucasus
MediumWool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, 110 KPSI
Dimensions40 × 58 1/2 in. (101.6 × 148.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.79.274
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1979.

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Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1850–1875
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted pile, KPSI: 80
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Shirvan Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1880
Wool (pile, warp and weft); symmetrically knotted pile, KPSI: 81
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Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
mid- 19th–19th century
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 42
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Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1900
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 42
B.75.44
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Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1875–1900
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 72
B.76.199
Runner
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
early 20th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 99
B.79.261
Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1900
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 48
B.79.268
scan from file photograph
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1850–1870
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 88
B.82.22
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Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1870
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 121
B.75.52
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Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
19th century
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 80
B.75.50
In Philadelphia Hall
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
late 18th century
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 81
B.75.49
Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
early 20th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 208
B.75.53