Oblong rugs designed to encircle a column or post in Lamaist temples, they have no side borders and their design is not complete unless the edges of the rug abut.
AAT
3000185986
carpets, column
carpets, pillar
column carpets
column rugs
pillar carpets
rugs, column
rugs, pillar
13yrs ago
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