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Knots, Art History, and the Berlin Carpet Collection: A Technical Analysis

"The Berlin Carpet Collection, housed primarily within the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum, represents one of the most significant assemblages of knotted carpets in the world. This collection serves as a definitive resource for art historians and textile conservators, offering unique insights into the knotting techniques, material evolution, and symbolic iconography of the Islamic world from the 13th to the 19th centuries. The Foundation of the Berlin Carpet Collection The Berlin collection did not emerge in a vacuum; it is the product of over a century of systematic acquisition and scholarly research. Wilhelm von Bode, the foundi..."

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