Carpet fragment

Carpet fragment

Middle East, Carpet. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on wool warp and cotton weft, design of lotus flowers in trellis of floral stems on yellow ground, possibly Safavid Tabriz, Iran, 1500-1525

Carpet fragment

Hand-knotted woollen pile, on woollen warp and weft; asymmetrical knot, open to the left; 217 knots per sq. in (3,348 per sq. dm)

Iran (made)

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