Fragment of a Multiple Niche Prayer Rug
Artist
Unidentified artist
CultureWest Anatolia, Turkish
DateLate 16th century
MediumWool
Dimensions57 1/16 × 32 5/16 in. (145 × 82 cm)
Classificationstextiles
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Townsend, III
Object number2019.16.2
DescriptionThis work would have originally formed part of the central upper tier of a communal multiple niche prayer rug, or Saf. Quite possibly made and designed for the magnificent Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, the centre of the Ottoman Empire at the time of construction (1569 and 1575), which was commissioned by Sultan Selim II (1524 -1574) and the masterwork of Mimar Sinan (circa 1490-1588). The Saf is believed to have been removed from the Mosque in 1914.On View
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