Turkish carpets were so valuable that they were often rented out so people could hang them from their windows on festive days.

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Both large, horizontal paintings show more or less life-size groups of soberly dressed men in broad-brimmed hats, seated at long tables covered with Turkish carpets.

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The Ottoman room is in updated Turkish style, with deep-red bedspreads, fabrics and oriental carpets.

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