Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page woven rug and I've seen similar described

and I've seen similar described as Turkish and also Iraqi

will strike me as especially beautiful

preservation

and this is an even rarer

Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page woven rug and I've seen similar describedI purchased this from a dealer in my neck of the woods, who travelled and collected extensively, and interestingly, in Southeast Asia over many years. The text here is in Hindi, though I have not managed to translate it. What struck me first was the wonderful grid of faces of this woman at lower left, a mix of frontal and profile views with some great expressions among them, looking a whole lot like strips of photo booth selfies (or an instagram