The Ardabil Carpet Lacmaa

A special presentation of the ardabil carpet will take place in the atrium of los angeles county museum of art s ahmanson building from january 22 through may 11 2004.

The ardabil carpet lacmaa.

That was when the ardabil carpet now displayed in the resnick pavilion at lacma was unrolled for installation. Ardabil carpet maqsud kashani iran possibly tabriz dated 1539 40 a h. I encourage everyone who can to visit this magnificent carpet before it is removed from the display and put is rest in a tube in vacuum in the treasure basement of the museum for another few years. The ardabil carpet is covered by a single integrated design whereas the pattern on the chelsea carpet was loosely assembled from many different elements.

The large gap in the middle is filled with a round fish pond flanked by two huge. This carpet was one of a matching pair that was made for the shrine of safi al din ardabili when it was enlarged in the late 1530s. Today the ardabil carpet dominates the main islamic art gallery in the victoria and albert museum in london while its twin is in the los angeles county museum of art. The main field of the chelsea carpet has two x shaped arrangements of medallions with dark backgrounds.

The carpets were located side by side in the. The famous ardabil carpet will be on display until september 5 2011 in lacma los angeles county museum of art. The ardabil carpet or ardebil carpet is the name of two different famous persian carpets the largest and best known now in the victoria and albert museum in london originally there were two presumably identical carpets and the london carpet as restored and reconstructed in the 19th century uses sections from both.