Knotted Carpets from the Taklamakan:

[Pierre Galafassi]

Outstanding paper by Zhang He (William Paterson University) which illustrates the important, but largely overlooked place of the Taklamakan in the history of rug weaving.
Features many interesting color pictures

Knotted Carpets from the Taklamakan:
A Medium of Ideological and Aesthetic Exchange on the Silk Road, 700 BCE-700 CE
Zhang He 张禾 William Paterson University

https://edspace.american.edu/silkroadjournal/wp-content/uploads/sites/984/2020/02/5-Zhang-Knotted-Carpets-from-the-Taklamakan.pdf
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Enjoy
Pierre

[Filiberto Boncompagni]

Merci Pierre,

That was an interesting read! :cheers:

Filiberto

[Martin Andersen]

Thanks Pierre

Fascinating that apparently even Cupid flew along the silk road :)

Best Martin