218. Fine and original Melas Central Anatolia Turkey. Second part of the 19th century. Dimensions: 110 x 085 cm Wool velvet on wool foundation. (Restorations). (Bottom border missing). Brick field decorated with a central tree adorned with symmetrical ears of wheat, surrounded by a saffron-yellow border (typical color of the 18th and 19th centuries). Brick-red main border with rows of finely drawn prayer niches. Bibliography: Armen Engeldian, E.Gans -Ruedin, Doris Eider, Albert Achdjian, Andrew Middleton