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The world's most famous Persian carpets Herāt carpets Figure 13 : Detail of a Persian wool hunting carpet. medallions ... carpets . Among the 12 or so surviving examples are the world's most famous carpets , each a masterpiece of superb ...
The world's most famous Persian carpets Herāt carpets Figure 13 : Detail of a Persian wool hunting carpet. medallions ... carpets . Among the 12 or so surviving examples are the world's most famous carpets , each a masterpiece of superb ...
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22 Rugs and Carpets Chinese Pillar carpets Figure 18 : Cairene wool carpet from Egypt , 16th century , Mamluk period . The field features a star medallion centred in a geometrically designed ground , covered with stylized forms of the ...
22 Rugs and Carpets Chinese Pillar carpets Figure 18 : Cairene wool carpet from Egypt , 16th century , Mamluk period . The field features a star medallion centred in a geometrically designed ground , covered with stylized forms of the ...
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... carpets in traditional European designs . During the 1890s a branch of the English Wilton Royal Carpet Factory made Ax- minsters at Elizabethport , New Jersey ; and a few beauti- ful , flat - woven carpets in French Baroque and ...
... carpets in traditional European designs . During the 1890s a branch of the English Wilton Royal Carpet Factory made Ax- minsters at Elizabethport , New Jersey ; and a few beauti- ful , flat - woven carpets in French Baroque and ...
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