Morocco, Egypt, Syria, or Caucasus, Shiraz

Carpet

1675/1725
Wool and silk, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" ("Sehna") knots; edged with cotton, and wool weft-faced warp-ribbed plain weave
678 × 302.3 cm (266.9 × 119 in)

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