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'Polonaise' Carpet

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Cotton (warp and weft) silk (weft and pile) metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile brocaded
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr. 1950
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Title: 'Polonaise' Carpet
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Cotton (warp and weft) silk (weft and pile) metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile brocaded.

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