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Safavid prayer rug design
Textile

Safavid prayer rug design

Churchill, Sidney John Alexander (1862-1921)

16th-19th Century

Two pieces of cloth-backed squared paper with a design or cartoon for a silk prayer rug. The design depicts a mihrab shape decorated with arabesques and lotus, peony, chrysanthemum and magnolia flowe...

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letter
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letter

Churchill, Sidney John Alexander (1862-1921)

28-Jul-00

Letter of two sheets from Sidney J A Churchill, British Consulate, Naples, describing a design for a silk prayer rug (ITC 2008.36.1) Also mentions ownership of a fragment of Persian carpet and the pos...

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