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The ex-Bernheimer Mamluk garden rug, circa 1468-1496, Cairo, Egypt. wool pile on a wool foundation. 163x226cm. Private Collection, Genoa, Italy



detail of the rug showing the royal pavillions; note the yellow columned archways, with hanging lamps, beneath the two main domes, and the three subsidiary domes