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Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts

Carpet of the so-called "Polonaise" type
1600–1700. Iran; Isfahan, Safavid period (1501– 1722)
Brocaded silk and silver

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Acquired by Henry Walters, 81.8.
Photograph © The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.