Turkish Yatak Pile Rug

In Turkish, yatak means bed. Most mattresses cannot claim a pattern like this.

This yatak pile rug comes from Turkey and dates to the 20th century. It is wool. Yataks were traditionally woven in Anatolia as thick bedding, with a long, soft pile. Nine stepped octagons, some blue and some cream or tan, march in rows of three across a red-orange field. Small eight-point stars fill the gaps between them. A blue border carries a run of checked squares in red and white. The pile looks shaggy and full. More than six feet each way.

Sleeping on it seems possible. Looking at it seems better.