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2. Persian carpet - Wikipedia

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   The most famous Persian carpet is the Ardabil Carpet, in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which in fact is now a combination of two original carpets, with another piece from the second in Los Angeles. [68] This has been the subject of endless copies ranging in size from small to full scale.

3. Fitted carpet - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Sheraton wrote in 1806 that "since the introduction of carpets, fitted all over the floor of a room, the nicety of flooring anciently practiced in the best houses, is now laid aside". Fitted carpets, assembled from strips, had become popular by the second half of the 18th century, remaining so until the 1870s when loose carpets and ...

4. Carpet - Wikipedia

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   The pile usually consists of twisted tufts that are typically heat-treated to maintain their structure. The term carpet is often used in a similar context to the term rug, but rugs are typically considered to be smaller than a room and not attached to the floor. [1] Woolen Turkish carpet. Carpets are used for a variety of purposes.

5. Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting - Wikipedia

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   The carpet seen on Vermeer's The Music Lesson, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, and The Concert hardly show any differences in the details of the design or the weaving structure indicate that all three pictures might trace back to one single carpet Vermeer might have had at his studio. The paintings by Vermeer, Steen, and Verkolje ...

6. Magic carpet - Wikipedia

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   In Taoism and Taoist art, flying carpets were used as poetic metaphors for the ability of flight xian had. [8] In Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, a paper carpet were thought to be able to fly for "adept[s]". [9] A. Bertram Chandler's novelette "The Magic, Magic Carpet" was the cover story for the October 1959 issue of Fantastic

7. Woodworking - Wikipedia

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   Woodworking, especially furniture making, has many different designs/styles. Throughout its history, woodworking designs and styles have changed. Some of the more common styles are listed below. Traditional furniture styles usually include styles that have been around for long periods of time and have shown a mark of wealth and luxury for ...