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... Tabriz is probably the most prolific carpet-producing center in the world?
... the only rugs that can be compared with a fine Tabriz are Isfahans, Kashans, Kermans, Qums, and Nains?
... the finest examples of Traditional Floral rug designs, geometrical patterns, extremely elaborate famous fish designs, or fascinating pictorial wall hanging rugs can only be found among Tabriz Persian Rugs?

25-29 October 2019 | Istanbul Carpet Week 2019. The program includes 13th National Rug Design Contest, Exporters' Awards Ceremony, B2B meetings, Istanbul International Carpet Conference with international and Turkish speakers, Workshop by an international famous rug designer, Wall Art Kilim & Rug Exhibition at (Old City) Sultan Ahmet.
17-19 September 2019 | Index Exhibition, the Middle East & North Africa’s largest gathering for the design community, takes place from 17-19 September at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
24-30 June 2019 | HALI London celebrates 40 years and 200 editions of HALI magazine, and is the first London festival devoted to the art and history of textiles.

"Le beau vingt-et-unièm" from La fille du régiment

1840 – La fille du régiment (audio featured), an opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti, debuted in Paris to a highly negative review, but went on to become a great success.
1851 – As part of the celebration of the separation of Victoria from New South Wales, the initial first-class cricket match in Australia started at the Launceston Racecourse in Tasmania.
1919 – Friedrich Ebert was elected provisional President of the German Weimar Republic by the Weimar National Assembly.
1979 – The Pahlavi dynasty of Iran effectively collapsed when the military declared itself "neutral" after rebel troops overwhelmed forces loyal to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in armed street fighting.
2015 – A Turkish student was murdered during a rape attempt, sparking mass demonstrations across the nation after her body was discovered two days later.

René Descartes (d. 1650) · Keith Holyoake (b. 1904) · Jennifer Aniston (b. 1969)

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