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A work made of silk and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "persian" (sehna) knots.

Prayer Carpet

About 1894

Sehna, Persia (present day Iran)

Persia

Silk and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots

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