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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Kirsehir</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Anatolian Islamic textile styles after Manzikert</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Kir-Shehr</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Kirshehir</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Kırşehir</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>