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Turkish Prayer Rugs
Turkish prayer rugs
are one of the most popular oriental prayer rugs. The prayer rugs
are usually used by Muslims as well as the Jews. Due to their
quality, prayer rugs from Turkey are one of the most popular types
in the world. Muslim prayer rugs are exported to many Islamic and
Middle Eastern countries.
Turkish prayer rugs
are fine rugs woven in the traditional Turkish art of weaving using
wool as the primary material. Classical Turkish prayer rugs are
usually rectangular in shape. The natural dyes are widely used to
dye the wool to weave out the rugs of different colors of prayer
rugs. The yellow color is obtained from leaves of peach and apricot
trees. The distinctive reddish brown that is the most domination
color in the Turkish prayer rugs, is obtained from the Erica
vulgaris, the brown from walnut leaves. The very dark, brownish
yellow color is obtained from acorns, and the green is obtained from
mint. The wool is blackened by leaving it in the ground for a week.
Industrial dyes are sometimes but less commonly used in the making
of Turkish prayer rugs.
Turkish prayer rugs
are mainly known after the names of the regions of Turkey. These
rugs are therefore named as Bursa prayer rugs, Ladik prayer rugs,
Ghiordes prayer rugs, Kirsehir and Mucur prayer rugs, Konya prayer
rugs, Megri prayer rugs, Oushak prayer rugs, Panderma prayer rugs,
Transylvanian prayer rugs, Melas prayer rugs, Kula prayer rugs,
Bergama prayer rugs, etc.
Bursa Prayer Rugs
are traditionally produced in Bursa, a city in northwestern Turkey.
The Bursa Prayer Rugs are typically known for their hooked floral
designed borderlines. Ladik prayer rugs are the Turkish prayer rugs
from specific region of Turkey. The Ladik prayer rugs domineeringly
feature the rust brown and black colors.
Ghiordes prayer
rugs are the Turkish prayer rugs from Gördes, a District in the
Province of Manisa in Western Turkey. The district has been a center
of weaving at least since the eighteenth century. Ghiordes prayer
rugs were extremely popular up until the 1920s. These prayer rugs
are still one of the popular Turkish prayer rugs. Ghiordes prayer
rugs are woven using the Ghiordes Knots. A Ghiordes Knot is the
common symmetrical knot over two warps. These Turkish prayer rugs
are also dominated by the rust brown color. They typically feature
hooked floral designs.
Kirsehir and Mucur
Prayer Rugs are also one of the famous Turkish prayer rugs. The
Kirsehir and Mucur Prayer Rugs feature niches with double or triple
outlines and their color schemes include two or three tones of red.
The natural Yellow color is often used in the Kirsehir and Mucur
Prayer Rugs.
Konya Prayer Rugs
are the Turkish prayer rugs from the modern Konya, Turkey. Konya was
a weaving center since at least the Seljuk invasion in the eleventh
century. It was the capital of the Seljuk Turks from 1063 to 1309.
Dominated by radish orange and yellow colors, the Konya Prayer Rugs
feature symmetrical floral designs.
Megri Prayer Rugs
are the Turkish prayer rugs that feature the symmetrical floral
design square borders. The rugs have complex designs at center.
Oushak Prayer Rugs
are the Turkish prayer rugs from Oushak in western Turkey. Oushak
has been a center of weaving since at least the 15th
century. Dominated by the radish brown colors, the Oushak Prayer
Rugs feature symmetrical rectangular designs.
Panderma Prayer
Rugs are the Turkish prayer rugs featuring threshold and chandelier
designs. Dominated by the natural yellow, the Transylvanian prayer
rugs symmetrical hooked designed borders.
Melas prayer rugs
are the Turkish prayer rugs from Melas, a town in the Bergamo area.
Melas prayer rugs are woven using a number of natural dyes.
Kula Prayer Rugs are the Turkish prayer rugs from Kula, a District
in the Province of Manisa, and Bergama Prayer
Rugs are the Turkish prayer rugs from Bergama, Turkey.
Turkish prayer rugs
are therefore available in a myriad of colors and designs. Turkish
Prayer Rugs can be purchased on this site in the
Islamic Shopping section.
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