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Rya rug Finland, c1790 Coloured wools Dimensions: 6ft 9in x 5ft 0in 2.60 x 1.52m This exceptional primitive rug with repeating palmette design, contained within a zigzag border, is one of the beautiful survivals from this early period of Rya rugs. Related rugs are conserved in Museum collections in Finland, see R A Sirelius, The Riyji Rugs of Finland, 1926 |