Confronted Animal Rug. Turkey, 14th century. Metropolitan Museum, NYC. “rugs like th
Confronted Animal Rug. Turkey, 14th century. Metropolitan Museum, NYC. “rugs like this are found in fourteenth and fifteenth century churches and paintings. In fact, the depiction of a rug with the same design as this in an early fifteenth-century Sienese painting allowed for the dating of this example. This is one of only three complete rugs of such an early date” -- source link
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