While the ICC rug weaving firm, contracted to produce this unique carpet, provided a work staff that may or may not have an equal. Roughly 500 to 600 rug weavers (the number varies depending upon the resource cited), worked in two shifts to move the progress of this masterpiece rug along at a steady pace. The ICC was intent upon making sure that when the carpet was finally complete, it would have no equal and would be a true one-of-a-kind rug, protected from ever being copied.