Carpet Fragment
Summary
Carpet Fragment from Egypt, 9th-10th-century. Design of stylized birds in polygonal frames decorated with circles and radiating trefoils is considered to be Persian in character. Carpet is believed to be among the antecedents of the better-known knotted animal carpets of the 14th century. Victoria and Albert Museum T.33-1942
Date
1942
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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