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A work made of wool and cotton, plain weave; with brocaded areas of supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots;" and embroidered filling of contiguous rows of stem stitches, countered in direction in alternate pairs of rows; embroidered outline stitches around pile areas.

Carpet

18th century

Spain

Spain

Wool and cotton, plain weave; with brocaded areas of supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" and embroidered filling of contiguous rows of stem stitches, countered in direction in alternate pairs of rows; embroidered outline stitches around pile areas

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