This ornament is highlighted in our archive thanks to collaboration with: Derbent State Historical-Architectural and Archeological Museum-Reserve', State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Dagestan

Prayer rug with a central medallion on a blue background, imitating the mirror image of a mihrab (niche in the mosque wall, in which the imam stands during prayers). On either side of the central medallion are two pairs of small medallions in the form of rosettes and two pairs of rectangular elements with stylized images of beetles. The edging consists of four stripes, the middle wide one is decorated with floral ornament.

For more information about this object read our article “Ornaments of the Southern Dagestan Carpets, the Late 19th and Early 20th Century”