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Start Over Collection place Arabian Peninsula Production place Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-23752, described as Rug, mafrash. Weft-faced, poor imitation of Turkish flat-weaves. Gaudy colors, rough work. Cicim and zili. Maroon, beige, yellow, turquoise, green, red, black and white. Made for the purpose of selling. No edge treatments, weft is falling out at ends. Commercial dye. Weft-faced with weft substitution: cicim and zili. 7 picks per inch. I bought it as an example of deterioration of weaving in Saudi Arabia.

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