Vintage Konya Prayer Rug, 4.4 x 6.9 ft Handmade Wool Rug, Turkish Anatolian Area Rug

A highly decorative vintage handmade wool rug from Konya, Central Anatolia, featuring a strong prayer-niche composition, richly layered borders, and a vibrant traditional color palette.

The central field is built around a tall stepped mihrab form in soft salmon and rose tones, surrounded by a green upper field filled with stylized geometric and botanical motifs. Several narrow borders frame the composition, each containing different repeating patterns in mustard yellow, deep blue, burgundy, ivory, black, green, pink, and multicolored accents.

Approximately 100 years old, this rug has developed the natural patina and subtle tonal variation expected from an authentic antique handmade textile. Its bold geometry and colorful border structure give it a particularly expressive Anatolian folk-art character.

About Konya Rugs

Konya is one of the most important historic weaving centers of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Rug weaving has been practiced in Konya and its surrounding villages for centuries, producing a wide variety of designs influenced by local village, nomadic, and devotional traditions.

Konya rugs are especially known for:

Strong geometric compositions
Stepped and architectural mihrab motifs
Stylized flowers, trees, stars, and symbolic forms
Multiple richly decorated borders
Bold combinations of red, yellow, green, blue, ivory, and dark outlining tones

Prayer rugs from the Konya region often feature a clearly defined mihrab, representing the prayer niche associated with the direction of prayer. Around this central form, weavers frequently added floral, geometric, and symbolic motifs that reflected local weaving traditions and individual artistic interpretation.

This example is especially notable for its large stepped prayer niche, green upper field, and numerous contrasting decorative borders, creating a highly layered and visually rich composition.

Details
Origin: Konya, Turkey
Region: Central Anatolia
Type: Turkish Prayer Rug / Anatolian Rug
Size: 135 × 210 cm
Size in Feet: 4.4 × 6.9 ft
Material: Wool
Age: Approximately 100 years old
Technique: Handmade / Handwoven
Design: Stepped mihrab with geometric and botanical motifs
Colors: Salmon, rose, green, mustard yellow, deep blue, burgundy, ivory, black and multicolor accents
Condition: Antique condition with natural signs of age, patina, and use

Its 135 × 210 cm dimensions make it suitable as a prayer rug, bedroom rug, small living-room rug, reading-space textile, wall hanging, or collectible Anatolian weaving.

As a genuine handmade antique rug, slight variations in shape, pile, weave, pattern alignment, 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.