I finally found my rug! It was hiding in the Turkish BX on base. I have looked for a long time for just the right rug for us, and I found it a few weeks ago. It has been sitting around a number of shops for over five years waiting for me.
It is a wool on cotton Hereke rug with an old Hittite pattern.
I will attach the Wikipedia description of Hereke rugs (they are a special and unique type).
Hereke Carpets are woven in the town of Hereke, just southsoutheast of Istanbul. The carpets woven in Hereke are very rare, and reside today in palaces and castles in Anatolia as well as Europe. In the late 1800s, the Turkish government sought out the most skilled carpet weavers of Anatolia and Persia and gave exclusive invitations to become residences of the town of Hereke. These Hereke carpet weavers quickly became known as the weavers of the finest carpets in the world. The actual number of Hereke carpets produced in the last 120 years is relatively small. They are quite valuable and strongly
sought after. Hereke carpets typically are very large, palace size carpets, and are constructed with wool on cotton, camel hair on cotton, silk on cotton as well as silk on silk. The precision of their double knots as well as the color palat chosen and design detail endear them as a breathtaking artistic feat. The patterns woven can be of Anatolian motifs or European motifs depending on the final destination of the commission. Many of the Hereke carpets can be identified by the weavers personal Hereke signature in a corner of the finished piece. This signature "H" helps authenticate the carpet as an original Hereke masterpiece. Today, there is no longer a society of carpet weavers in Hereke and those fortunate enough to have acquired a Hereke original will treasure
their acquisition for generations to come.
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