Los angeles county museum of art gift of drs.
Coronation carpet lacma.
Los angeles county museum of art from 14 november 2009 through 18 january 2010.
Some months ago jon thompson was invited to lacma to give a talk on the coronation and ardebil carpets which would have been the perfect opportunity to publicly deal with this issue.
If they could speak they would tell us many sad and happy stories they have witnessed through all these long years.
Paul getty have only rarely been exhibited due in part to their size and their sensitivity to light.
The ardabil and coronation carpets at lacma an unbelievable chance to see two highly distinguished carpets in person is soon to come.
The coronation carpet photo courtesy lacma.
Getty donated the carpet to the los angeles county museum of art lacma in 1949 where it is in the same collection as the ardabil carpet.
The coronation carpet is a persian carpet owned by the danish royal family it is stored at rosenborg castle in copenhagen according to the royal danish collections the carpet was made in isfahan in the 17th century.
This rug blog about the coronation carpet was published by nazmiyal antique rugs.
Paul getty maria de los angeles elementary school.
About a tale of two persian carpets.
Both rugs looked amazing.
The ardabil carpet will be on view september 17 2017 february 11 2018 and the coronation carpet will be exhibited february 17 2018 july 8 2018.
As the name suggests it is the carpet on which danish kings were anointed.
This afternoon i went to los angeles county museum of art with my wife and my younger son kash to see the famous ardabil and coronation carpets.
Alan grinnell and feelie lee taihu stone los angeles county museum of art gift of the 2017 collectors committee coronation carpet detail c.
Coronation carpet unknown iran circa 1520 1530 textiles knotted pile in wool on a cotton foundation lacma s coronation carpet received its name because it was used at the 1902 coronation of the united kingdom s edward vii son of queen victoria.
The ardabil and coronation carpets dating to the first half of the 16th century lacma s two spectacular persian carpets both the gift of j.
It is still held by the museum today.
The large number of carpets surviving from 16th century iran compared to earlier periods reflects not only a high level of carpet production but also perhaps a change in the nature of their.
The reason is their sensitivity to light.
1520 1530 los angeles county museum of art gift of j.
No no instead of looking at the coronation carpet hali should be looking into dodds s theft and the museum s continuing cover up of that theft.
