Alexander the Great Citadel Prayer War Rug with Three Helicopters
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
| ID# 405 | Date: 1980's or early 1990's acquired 1999 | -:- | Size 33 x 49 inches
(84 X124 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 11 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Prayer War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Taimani |
| Perhaps the most impressive architecture depicted is Alexander's Citadel from the 4th Century B.C. The inner guard stripe is very similar to the Homer pl. 5 (Homer, Julian, Exclusively Belouch (Cheltenham, Homer Oriental Rugs, 1986). The old architecture of the Citadel contrasts with the helicopters above. A mihrab, the mountains, and the trees point towards the top of the rug. Two 'hand emblems' rest on either side of the mihrab indicate where one places their hands during prayer. |
| Wool: Soft | Sheen: Very shiny | Handle: Floppy | Selvedge: Three cords braided black goat hair |
| Fringe: Two inch kilim. Six cords, 4 purple, 2 yellow, 1 blue, one inch fringe, overhand knots | Pile: 3mm | Warp: White | Weft: 2 black |
| Warp Depression:30 degrees | |||
