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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4578241, member: 8267"]Luis, please go back and select edit, and "full size" for your photos (rather than thumbnails). It will be easier for all of us to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would not put a lot of faith in the attributions of the other rugs you have found. Their descriptions betray the fact that the sellers do not know what they are talking about. The one on etsy is described as "Uzbek - Aztec", which are in completely different locations. The Uzbek are in Central Asia, and the Aztecs were/are in Mexico.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one on invaluable is described as flatwoven and with hand knotted pile, which are entirely different techniques. Flatwoven kilims do not have a knotted pile. However, I might accept their statement that rugs such as these come from Pakistan, which has a modern industry of machine woven rugs in a variety of styles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4578241, member: 8267"]Luis, please go back and select edit, and "full size" for your photos (rather than thumbnails). It will be easier for all of us to see. I would not put a lot of faith in the attributions of the other rugs you have found. Their descriptions betray the fact that the sellers do not know what they are talking about. The one on etsy is described as "Uzbek - Aztec", which are in completely different locations. The Uzbek are in Central Asia, and the Aztecs were/are in Mexico. The one on invaluable is described as flatwoven and with hand knotted pile, which are entirely different techniques. Flatwoven kilims do not have a knotted pile. However, I might accept their statement that rugs such as these come from Pakistan, which has a modern industry of machine woven rugs in a variety of styles.[/QUOTE]
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