Vintage Konya Prayer Rug, 112 × 195 cm / 3.7 x 6.4 ft Handmade Wool Rug

A beautiful vintage handmade wool prayer rug from Konya, Central Anatolia, featuring a tall red mihrab field, strong geometric framing, and richly decorated traditional borders.

The central composition is built around a large mihrab or prayer-niche form woven on a warm coral-red field. The inside of the niche is intentionally open and uncluttered, which gives the rug a calm, balanced appearance and allows the strong color of the field to become the main visual focus.

At the upper section of the niche, an ivory panel contains stylized leaf, floral, and geometric motifs. The mihrab is surrounded by dark blue and ivory borders filled with repeating angular forms. The wider outer field is decorated with symmetrical diamond medallions, small floral motifs, branching forms, and colorful geometric symbols in green, blue, burgundy, ivory, brown, and red.

The upper and lower ends also feature a distinctive row of repeated shield- or niche-like geometric motifs, adding another decorative layer to the composition.

The palette combines coral red, deep navy, ivory, forest green, muted blue, burgundy, brown, black, and earthy tones. Approximately 60 years old, the rug shows natural tonal variation and subtle irregularities that reflect its handmade vintage character.

About Konya Rugs

Konya is one of the most important historic carpet-weaving regions of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Rugs from Konya and its surrounding villages are known for their strong geometric structure, rich symbolic vocabulary, and varied prayer-rug traditions.

Traditional Konya rugs may feature:

• Architectural mihrab or prayer-niche designs
• Diamonds, hooks, stars, and stepped motifs
• Stylized flowers, leaves, and branches
• Strongly structured multiple borders
• Rich red, blue, green, yellow, ivory, and earthy palettes
• Individual variations created by village weavers

Prayer rugs from the Konya region typically use the mihrab as the main directional element. Around this architectural form, the weaver may add floral, geometric, and symbolic motifs according to local tradition and personal interpretation.

This example stands out for its large open red mihrab field, dark blue geometric frame, colorful outer borders, and repeated diamond and floral motifs.

Details

• Origin: Konya, Turkey
• Region: Central Anatolia
• Type: Prayer Rug / Seccade
• Size: 112 × 195 cm
• Size in Feet: 3.7 × 6.4 ft
• Material: Wool
• Age: Approximately 60 years old
• Technique: Handmade / Handwoven
• Design: Mihrab with geometric, floral, diamond, and botanical motifs
• Colors: Coral red, navy blue, ivory, green, muted blue, burgundy, brown and black
• Condition: Vintage condition with natural signs of age and use

Its 112 × 195 cm proportions make it suitable as a prayer rug, bedroom accent rug, entryway rug, reading-corner textile, wall hanging, or collectible Anatolian piece.

As a genuine handmade vintage rug, slight variations in shape, pile, weave, motif placement, texture, and coloration are natural. These characteristics reflect traditional craftsmanship and contribute to the individuality of the piece.

The rug will be carefully cleaned, washed, and ironed before shipping, so it arrives ready to use or display.