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Kuba carpet, second half of the 19th century. 2.15 × 1.44 metres.

Detail of the ground pattern of a Kuba carpet, 18th century; in the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.

Figure 87: Detail of a wool Kuba Dragon carpet, probably from Karabagh or Shirvan in southern Caucasia, 17th century. The dragon, enclosed in an ogee lattice intersected by palmettes and blossoms, is

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