An Oushak carpet, West Anatolia,

Colours with slightly more definition in reality; unusual grey-taupe coloured field; pile mainly evenly worn to knot bars with minor number of warp threads showing in upper left hand corner of field. Outer surround reduced at each end: warps fringed out a lower end and ends secured; upper end with losses to warp finging, small cobbled repairs in upper left hand corner of surround, ends secured. Flexible handle, of unusual small size and colouring.
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