An antique Ladik prayer rug, West Anatolia. Design of plain red field below a triple mihrab framed by madder spandrels of leaves and flowerheads with a panel of tulips enclosed by madder floral borders. C. 1800. 105×173 cm.
Literature, related Ex.: Friedrich Spuhler, Berlin 1987. Oriental Carpets in the museum of Islamic Art, Berlin. P. 185. Pl. 42. Peter Bausback, Mannheim 1975. Antike Meisterstücke Orientalischer Knüpfkunst. P. 53.
Ladik rugs were woven for centuries in the town of Ladik in the province of Konya located in Central Turkey. Ladik is about 20 miles northwest of the city of Konya in the area that is also known as Anatolia (called Asia Minor by the Romans).