This is the Ginzkey Carpet, designed by Alphonse Mucha for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair (Exhibition Universelle). The company, Ginzkey, won the Grand Prize for their six woven pieces that they entered. Pictured is the sketch for the piece by Mucha, and the actual display below. (pics from here & here)
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Kesai Eisen. Water dragons (Mizuchi), from the series: pictures of birds, animals, insects and fish. 1830-1848.