Carpet, Medium: wool, linen or hemp, cotton Technique: cut pile on plain weave (moquette or velours d'Arras), Cut pile in a plain weave foundation showing a design of large-scale, somewhat stylized pomegranate, foliage and flowers in multicolored wool pile with white cotton pile accents. Ground warp and weft are coarse linen or hemp, as is broad selvage of warp-face plain weave. Colors are faded; were formerly very bright orange, red, two shades of green, and white., France, late 17th–18th century, woven textiles, Carpet

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