Smyrna carpet

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Smyrna carpet from Anatolia, 18th century; in the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.

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Smyrna carpet from Anatolia, 18th century; in the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.

Smyrna carpet from Anatolia, 18th century; in the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.

Textile Museum Collection, Washington, D.C.; photograph, Otto E. Nelson

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