Carpet From The Funerary Mosque

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.

Carpet from the funerary mosque.

In iran they decorated the mosque floors shrines and houses with valuable carpets and hung them on the walls of houses to keep the houses warm in winter. Maqsud of kashan carpet from the funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din ardabil iran 1540 commonly referred to as the ardabil carpet this carpets purchase by the. Leaves and flowers cover the. Carpet from the funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din ardabil iran 1540.

There are two mosque lamps on either side. X 8 5 8 artist. Wool and silk 34 x 6 x 17 7 seduction of yusuf. Figure 13 30 muhammad ibn al zayn basin baptistère de saint louis from egypt ca.

Knotted pile of wool and silk 34 6 x 17 7. The motif may represent the inside of a dome. Folio 52 verso of the bustan of sultan husayn maygara from heart afghanistan. Folio from a qur an.

The design is of a central sunburst medallion surrounded by 16 pendants. The great mosque or masjid e jameh of isfahan. Why ardebil carpet was woven one of the main sights of ardabil city in northwestern iran is the shrine of sheikh safi al din ardebili who died in 1334. Victoria albert museum london.

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