Number 446
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Type Anatolian
Origin Anatolian
Size 140 x 200
Age 1900
Bearing the imperial Ottoman coat of arms, this historical artifact was commissioned to hang in a governmental building or a royal palace. It juxtaposes the Turkic and Islamic pillars of Sultan Abdulhamid II's regime by respectively showing red and green banners, the Yildiz star and the Hilal crescent. Museum quality, Feshane weave.
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