Work of Art

Konya Prayer Rug

Carpet Collection

18th century, Central Anatolia; sold on 2018, at Sotheby’s auction .

Content of

Work of Art

Christopher Alexander's carpet collection, at its final state included about 80 carpets, most of them Turkish carpets, or carpets with a pronounced "Turkic" character

Carpet Collection

Christopher Alexander started collecting carpets because of his desire to learn from them. He felt that they had something to teach him. He was never interested in the classification of carpets, where they came from, or on their type. He ...

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Photographs

Konya Prayer Rug: Photographs 01/01/1993

Carpet, Sketches

Photographer:

One of the four - Don Tuttle, Garry Muse, Bud Holland, Dennis Anderson Sketches by Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W

Four photographs, two of the whole carpet, one in color and the other one in black and white; also two more with sketches of details.