This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Now’s your chance: The breathtaking Ardabil Carpet, an incomparable 16th ...

Once a matched pair and among the finest products of Iran’s golden age of carpet weaving, the works were removed from the Ardabil shrine in the late 19th century after earthquake damage and sold ...

Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art Victoria & Albert Museum, London SW7 The last time the Ardabil carpet was seen laid out on the floor was in 1892 when it was displayed in the showroom of Vincent Robinson ...

Scholars may not know where in Iran the magnificent 16th-century carpet now on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was made. Nor have they always agreed on its original purpose. But nobody ...

The pair of Ardabil carpets are significant for a number of reasons: the extremely fine quality of the carpet’s weave and design, its historical significance in Safavid Persia and related dated ...

Is the Ardabil carpet the most beautiful object in London? Made in Persia in 1540, and yesterday restored to public view at the V&A in London, the carpet is formed of one astonishing pattern extending ...

When oil magnate Jean Paul Getty was touring Europe in the late 1930s, building his massive art collection, he was “instantly captivated” by a 16th century Persian carpet he spotted at a Paris ...