Arraiolos rug
AnArraiolos rug,Arraiolos tapestry,Arraiolos carpetorPortuguese needlework rug(in Portuguese,Tapete de Arraiolos) is an embroidered woolrugmade traditionally in the small town ofArraiolos,Portugal,since theMiddle Ages.[1]They are partly inspired byPersian carpets.[2]
References and sources
[edit]- References
- ^Fleming, John &Hugh Honour.(1977)The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts.London:Allen Lane,p. 35.ISBN0713909412
- ^"Arraiolos rug" inThe New Encyclopædia Britannica.Chicago:Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.,15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 585.
- Sources
- BAPTISTA DE OLIVEIRA, Fernando. 1992 "Tapeçarias Decorativas de Arraiolos".
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