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Knotted Rug
View through The Met
Wool, Caucasian
Rights: Public Domain
The American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Annie Kalish 1946
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Shawl of woven wool and silk, possibly woven by McWilliam, possibly in Paisley, Scotland, 1840-1845. Shawl of woven wool and silk. With a paisley pattern of organic and Islamic forms decorating the border and with a red ground. Pink silk warp and red wors
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