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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 74775, member: 59&quot;]Is the second picture a closeup of the underside of the runner in the first picture? If so, neither has the obvious &quot;foundation&quot; seen on most machine made rugs, so my first guess would be hand done. Of course, this is from pictures and not under foot. A close, on the knees, inspection might inspire a different opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess on age is sometime in the past 35-40 years at most. A lot of what was available to buy new during that time frame was made in Pakistan because of the embargo on Iranian products. I have one of those that still has it&#039;s &quot;Handwoven in Pakistan&quot; label on the back. It also has the same treatment for the fringe ends (which frankly I have never seen on an older &quot;real&quot; Persian/oriental rug.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, it&#039;s also possible one or both were made in China. I also have a Chinese-made rug from the 80&#039;s with the same kind of fringe. But I don&#039;t know much about what kind of designs the Chinese were making, other than the one I have which has a very &quot;Chinese&quot; design.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO, as usual.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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