Dragon Carpet, 17th century, Attributed to Caucasus, Wool (weft and pile); cotton (warp), H. 170 in. (431.8 cm), Textiles-Rugs, This rug represents the village carpet-weaving tradition of the Caucasus that was contemporaneously with court production in Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran. While rugs produced in royal workshops had flowing, floral patterns, those from provincial weaving centers retained a strongly geometric character
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Dragon Carpet, 17th century, Attributed, Caucasus, Wool, weft, pile, cotton, warp, H, 170, 431.8 cm, Textiles-Rugs, rug, represents, village carpet-weaving, tradition, contemporaneously, court production, Ottoman Turkey, Safavid Iran, rugs produced, royal workshops, flowing, floral patterns, provincial weaving, centers, retained, strongly geometric, character
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