The usual design of a prayer rug is a mihrab (the prayer niche constructed in a mosque wall that indicates the direction of Mecca); pictorial rugs portray people, animals, and places. It is essential that one-sided rugs be viewed from the right direction; otherwise, they lose much of their effect. Rugs of this layout should be placed where they cannot be seen upside-down. For example, the top side of the rug could lay against a wall, or the rug could be used as a wall-hanging.

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