textile; cradle felt; Salincak keçesi

Rectangular, brown cradle felt ('Salincak keçesi') with decoration in cream, blue-black and red on both sides. On the front of the textile is a panel surrounded by a set of 'guard' stripes (central one dotted). The main field consists of 2 identical square patterns. A central red and blue-black circle on a cream ground is surrounded by 4 spirals in cream and red on a black ground. On the reverse the decoration consists of a cream panel surrounded by a red line. The panel is covered with an irregular lattice pattern, and dots in red and blue-black.

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