Antique Turkish Sivas Throw Rug

A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. This town rug features a columned, abrashed slate niche with a centrally suspended mosque lamp, beneath grey spandrels, and with goldenrod floral panels at the field ends. The ecru border displays oblique pinecone palmettes and fleurette triples. The intense field abrash transitions to orange toward the lower end.