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chessboard rugs


Identification code: 300186193



Alternative term/s

  • carpets, checkerboard
  • carpets, chequerboard
  • carpets, chessboard
  • checkerboard carpets
  • chequerboard carpets
  • chess-board rugs
  • chessboard carpets
  • chessboard rug
  • rugs, chess-board
  • rugs, chessboard

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A name of convenience for a group of rugs that are similar in technique to Para-Mamluk carpets but that are not as finely woven and differ in color ranges. They have a characteristic field design of repeating rows of hexagonal or octagonal forms, often with a cartouche-rosette border.

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