1800 - 1850 Quilted Indian Prayer Mat
Object Details
- Description
- This intricately designed prayer mat was produced in India and quilted in the first half of the 19th century. The top is a single piece of fabric; a central mihrab (prayer niche) with floral motifs that is framed by several printed borders of various widths. The cotton fabric used for the prayer mat is block-printed, hand-printed, resist-printed, and dyed. Black outlines of stems and leaves and red outlines of flowers are block-printed with a series of small blocks. Resist-painted details were added to flowers before red-dyeing. Blue color appears to be painted. Painted yellow appears in the mihrab and some other areas. The lining is a roller-printed cotton with a small overall floral pattern. It has a cotton filling. The quilting consists of parallel diagonal lines in a running stitch. It is bound with a silk/cotton bias strip. Printed cotton prayer mats were sold and used across the Islamic world.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1800-1850
- ID Number
- TE.T14440
- catalog number
- T14440
- accession number
- 275379
- maker
- unknown
- Object Name
- mat, quilted
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton, silk (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 53 in x 33 in; 135 cm x 84 cm
- place made
- India
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Religion
- Textiles
- Quilts
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556455
