Triclinium carpets

A Triclinium carpet (Audience carpet) was originally a set up of four carpets. A large main carpet, two runners and a carpet on the top. Later this set up were made in a single piece as shown in the following examples.

Triclinium soumak. (Exhibitor Alberto Boralevi Sartirana Textile Show 2015)
Bidjar Triclinium carpet. Persian Kurdistan, 20 ft 11 in x 13 ft 2 in (638 x 402 cm)(Bonhams 8 April 2008)
BIDJAR TRICLINIUM CARPET, Persia, circa 1890; 15 feet x 25 feet 6 inches. (Grogan 25 March 2012)

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