<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Kirsehir</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31407422</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:49:32</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Kir-Shehr</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Kirshehir</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Kırşehir</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Style of textiles, particularly handwoven floor coverings, usually in a prayer design and made in Kırşehir, a town between Ankara and Kayseri in central Turkey. The typical Kirsehir prayer rug of the 19th century has an elaborately stepped arch above a prayer-niche design, often  fringed with tiny carnations in profile and with a smaller, concentric niche similarly outlined but having a contrasting color. The color scheme mya include rich cherry red, yellow, violet, light blue, prominent greens, terra-cotta, and black-brown. Some of the later rugs show influence of the French Empire style, and the palette was altered by the use of harsher aniline dyes. ]]></dc:description></metadata>