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'Damascus' Compartment rug, late 16th century. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 55-65-6.  Joseph Lees Williams Memorial Collection

Size: 137x180cm
Warps, wefts, pile: wool

Published: Valentiner, 1910, p 13, no.10