Beneath your feet spreads out the world's largest carpet, made by a 1, 200-strong army of the finest Persian carpet weavers.

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Each living room is furnished with a scroll-arm button-tufted couch, butterscotch leather planter's chairs, and a savannah of Persian carpet.

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Her old furniture came back: a cloth-covered green couch with a dog pillow, a Persian rug that would cover part of the carpet, a shelf of books, a Yankees baseball cap, and pictures of Babe Ruth, Keith Richards, and E.

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