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Title
- Ottoman carpet (given title)
- Niche / Prayer carpet (given title)
Collection
Production
- execution: Anonym, Turkey, 2nd half of the 16th century
Period | Style | School
Subject
Material | Technique
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chain
: silk, - weft: silk,
- Flor: wool,
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Flor: cotton
, - asymmetrical knot,
Measurements
- height: 181 cm
- width: 127 cm
Inventory number
- T 8327
Acquisition
- assumption, 1922
Department
- Textiles and Carpets Collection
Description
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The carpet represents a crowning achievement of Ottoman court manufacturing in the second half of the 16th century. The so-called saz style—emanating from the court—shaped the period’s textile arts, book painting, and ceramics, helping them flourish. This carpet is an early example of the incorporation of architectonic motifs—here two flanking columns—into carpet art. Nearly perfectly preserved, the Ottoman carpet shows an arch in the field, characteristic for the genre as a decoration or stylization of prayer niches in the mosque (“mihrab”). Technically, the Ottoman carpets are similar to those of the Mamluk and Safavid Empires, since they feature asymmetrical knots allowing a nuanced design.
See More:
- Abb. im Global Lab Kat. (MAK Hauspublikation)
- MAK Führer 1993, Abb. S.127 (MAK Hauspublikation)
- 3D-Modell (MAK Sketchfab)
- Ausstellung orientalischer Teppiche aus ehemals kaiserlichem Besitz, 1920, Abb. Kat. Nr. 15 (MAK Hauspublikation)
- Altorientalische Teppiche, Wien 1951, Abb. Tafel 36 u. 37 (MAK Hauspublikation)
- Informationsschrift / Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst Wien, 1986, Abb. S. 72 (MAK Hauspublikation)
Last update
- 23.10.2024
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