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Message:: [QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 124339, member: 59"]Neither one of these look particularly old to me - like 10-20 years at the most, maybe even brand new. You didn't really mean to imply that these are 100 years old, did you? The only references to "Kochi" rug weaving that I could find (after extensive Googling "antique Afghan rugs" and related searches) say that Kochi rugs are being made in Pakistan by refugees from Afghanistan. One article talked about the weavers' use of "jewel-tone colors." From what I could tell Afghanistan did not open up rug exporting until after WWII. When you say "mecca" for that one rug, you mean "prayer rug" right? That's certainly what it looks like, although you don't give size or length.[/QUOTE]