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CARPET
Plate I.

Fig. 1.—PART OF A LINEN COVERING OVER-WROUGHT
WITH ORNAMENT IN LOOPS OF COLOURED WOOLS.

Fig. 2.—PART OF A LINEN COVERING OVER-WROUGHT
WITH ORNAMENT IN LOOPS OF DARK-BROWN WOOL.

Egypto-Roman of the 3rd or 4th century A.D.
(Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.)
Egypto-Roman of the 3rd or 4th century A.D.
(Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.)

Fig. 3.—CUT PILE TURKEY CARPET, 18th CENTURY, EXEMPLIFYING SUCH CHARACTERISTIC ANGULAR TREATMENT OF QUASI-BOTANICAL
FORMS AS IS USUALLY FOUND IN CARPETS AND RUGS MADE IN ASIA MINOR. FROM DESIGNS OF PERSIAN OR MOSIL ORIGIN.

(Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.)