Namazlik Rugs

Namazlik Rugs
NAMAZLIK RUGS
The Turkish term for prayer rugs with usually a mosque for design motif. They are fine examples of skilled craft work.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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  • rug and carpet — Any decorative textile normally made of a thick material and intended as a floor covering. Floor coverings made of plaited rushes date from the 5th or 4th millennium BC. Carpets were first made in central and western Asia as coverings for earthen …   Universalium

  • prayer rug — /prair/ a small rug upon which a Muslim kneels and prostrates himself during his devotions. [1900 05] * * * Arabic  sajjāda , Persian  namāzlik   one of the major types of rug produced in central and western Asia, used by Muslims (Islamic arts)… …   Universalium

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