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Prayer Rug with Coupled Columns
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Wool (warp weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The James F. Ballard Collection Gift of James F. Ballard 1922
Title: Prayer Rug with Coupled Columns
Description:
Wool (warp weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile.
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