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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4574784, member: 8267&quot;]Welcome Luis.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be helpful to see the entire rug, if possible, or at least the front and back of a corner so we can see the structure of the edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on what you have shown, I suspect it is a fairly recent machine-woven piece. The threads on the back are referred to as &quot;floats&quot;, and they happen when a colored yarn is simply carried along the back until the design needs it again. While they are sometimes seen in handwoven textiles, when they are this neat and regular they suggest a machine woven fabric.</p><p><br /></p><p>The design may be based on traditional patterns from North Africa or the Middle East. But another indication that it is a machine woven textile are the somewhat arbitrary tan colored stripes that intersect the white hooks and triangles. In a handwoven rug, the hooks and triangles would be entirely white.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It appears quite clean, with little evidence of use, which is one of the reasons I think it is newer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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