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william of bow

PS: Regarding the "Take your Shoes Off" carpet exhibition.

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The whole concept of Take Your Shoes Off is that when carpets were very expensive they were so precious that people took their shoes off before walking on them. Some people still do.


In fact, in Medieval times a carpet which might have come from Persia and was very (very) expensive was so precious that it would actually have been put on the wall and not walked on at all!
William of Bow

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