Carpet, late 15th–early 16th century, Attributed to Egypt, Cairo, Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, Textile: L. 98 1/2 in. (250.2 cm), Textiles-Rugs, Documents first refer to Cairo as a carpet weaving center in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. Carpets of this type figured significantly in Mediterranean commerce and appear in Venetian paintings as early as the sixteenth century
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Carpet, late 15th–early 16th century, Attributed, Egypt, Cairo, Wool, warp, weft, pile, asymmetrically knotted pile, Textile, L, 98 1/2, 250.2 cm, Textiles-Rugs, Documents first, refer, carpet weaving, center, last quarter, fifteenth, Carpets, type figured, significantly, Mediterranean commerce, Venetian paintings, early, sixteenth
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