Fine carpets made by weavers of 16th-century Spain, 18th-century France and several other European and Near Eastern countries are featured in an exhibition drawn from the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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The carpets are usually made of wool, sometimes also of linen and cotton - and in special cases, silk, gilt- or silvered-metallic threads were used, too. Some are brilliantly colored, techniques are varied and motifs include a wide range of themes: wreaths, dragons and other creatures, geometric stylizations and fields of flowers.The exhibition, "Knotted Splendor: European and Near Eastern Carpets from the Permanent Collection," will put on show more than 30 carpets, and is scheduled to run through Jan. 22, 1995.