Sunday, May 01, 2011

Silk replica of 100-year-old carpet woven for Dutch businessman

"Silk replica of 100-year-old carpet woven for Dutch businessman

Sunday, May 1, 2011
ISTANBUL - Radikal

A silk replica of the 100-year-old woolen Hereke carpet sent by the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II to Holland in 1905 has been woven over a period of six years by six women."

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