A mid 19th century Mudjur rug woven in Central Anatolia, in the Kirshehir region an area famous for using vivid natural dyes and one way niche designs.� The weavers used the softest wool along with great colours and this piece is no exception.� The Mihrab (arch shaped design in the centre) is the rare soft green dye and we can see lots of aubergine and brown dyes which had corroded in the design.� This is due to the iron properties in the ancient wool, as it corrodes over time adding an embossed effect.� The cloud-band mofit in the top panel is really beautiful in this pale blue dye, they multiple stripe border was also a design trait of this weaving area.Condition is untouched, woven around 1850 we can see a few small holes in areas but in general this rare early rug has retained its wool pile and both fringe end areas, where we can even see some original flat-weave kilim in-tact too.� The holes could be repaired by our expert restoration team if required, but we felt to leave it ...