More than a dozen fragments of a rare knotted silk-and-wool carpet recovered from the Burgzand Noord 17 wreck are believed to originate from present-day Pakistan, possibly Lahore, based on their knotting style and patterns.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources (museum, LiveScience, Fox News, History Blog, Divernet) corroborate the discovery of 13+ carpet fragments and expert attribution to Lahore based on knotting and pattern analysis.
Sources
- Global Cargo - Archaeology Magazine - May/June 2018 (archaeology.org)
- https://kaapskil.nl/en/persian-rug/ (kaapskil.nl)
- https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/45320 (thehistoryblog.com)
- https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/dutch-wreck-yields-400-year-old-carpet-fragment/ (divernet.com)
- https://foxnews.com/science/lavish-carpet-fragments-recovered-from-17th-century-dutch-shipwreck.amp (foxnews.com)
- https://kaapskil.nl/en/latest/news/the-palmwood-wreck-reveals-its-secrets/ (kaapskil.nl)