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Antique Silk Ghiordes 'Saph'
, Turkey
Circa 1890
280 × 130 cm9’2” x 4’3”
£ POA
£ POA
Description
A beautiful rare antique silk Ghiordes ‘Saph’ woven in a stunning palette of greens, pinks, blues and red silks dating from the last quarter of the 19th Century.
The most interesting and complex elaboration format of the antique prayer design rugs is the multiple-niche payer carpet or ‘Saph.’ This example has an unusual seven niche’s.
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At first glance Saphs look like runners, at least in terms of their long proportions. But unlike runners, where the design is longitudinal emphasizing the length of the runner Saphs are oriented toward the edges rather than the ends. Their design consists of niches running form one long edge to the other and placed side by side in serial repetition. Practically they appear to function as a series of prayer design rugs connected side to side so that three or more people could simultaneously or communally pray.
The origin of this format is still not altogether clear. Some writers would see them as “family” prayer rugs, although there is no established format for family prayer in the Muslim world. Others would see them as serving the needs of a religious group or community of some kind, or simply as a means of facilitating group prayer.
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