Prayer Carpet

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Object Name: 
Prayer Carpet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Birmingham
Accession Number: 
2000.2.2
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 70 cm, L: 114 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1885
Web Description: 
This glass carpet was made for use in a mosque. Muslims use a prayer rug to cover the ground or floor while they pray. At one end of the rug is an arch-shaped design representing the mihrāb, the prayer niche in mosques. The point of the arch must face Mecca (the birthplace of Muhammad, in Saudi Arabia) while the rug is in use.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd., Source
2000
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
engraving
cutting
Material: 
glass
silver
metal

Description

Primary Description: 
Prayer Carpet. Colorless glass, engraved; silver-plated metal frame. Glass carpet made of six cut and engraved panels of colorless glass, set into a silver-plated metal frame.

Exhibitions (1)

Glass of the Maharajahs: European Cut Glass Furnishings for Indian Royalty
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2006-05-19 through 2006-11-30
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Publications (5)

European Glass Furnishings for Eastern Palaces (2006) illustrated, pp. 91-93, fig. 3-46; BIB# 92506
The Ultimate Luxury (2005) illustrated, pp. 142-145, esp. p. 145;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 43 (2001) illustrated, p. 212, fig. 37; BIB# AI53002
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2000 (2001) illustrated, pp. 6-7, 9; BIB# AI98331
Danny Lane Breaking Tradition (1999) illustrated, p. 33; BIB# 61841