Milas
Nota de aplicación
Style of textiles, particularly floor coverings, handwoven in the neighborhood of Melas, southwestern Turkey, on the Aegean coast. The rugs are characterized as being usually of small size, dating from the 19th century, and having unusually wide borders in relation to their narrow fields. In the prayer rugs, the arch (which indicates the direction of Mecca, the holy city) is straight-sided, with a triangular indentation below it on each side, the…