British Museum Carpets

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.

British museum carpets.

He later became director of the royal scottish museum in edinburgh. Welcome to the british museum discover two million years of human history and culture. The museum of applied art has a valuable collection of ca. Collection online has been completely redeveloped making it much easier to find what you want.

120 carpets from pirot dating to the late 18th to the mid 20th century. American friends of the british museum secondary navigation shop search donate hide menu collection keyword search search 2 430 833 results ajar museum number af1998 01 production date production place made in. The british museum was founded in 1753 with a collection of more than 80 000 natural and artificial rarities over 40 000 books and manuscripts and 32 000 coins and medals.

Victoria and albert museum london the carpet was still in the shrine of shaykh safi al din in 1843 where it was seen by british visitors. Originally there were two presumably identical carpets and. Montague place london wc1e 7jw we d also like to encourage visitors where possible to walk cycle or drive in to visit. Murdoch smith continued to act as the museum s agent until he returned to his native scotland in 1887.

The british museum story get closer to the british museum s collection and immerse yourself in two million years of history across six continents. We recommend using the transport. The british museum great russell street london wc1b 3dg exit. Materials making in a pile fabric such as this carpet the foundation consists of two sets of threads warp and weft which interlace at right angles.

Around 30 years later the shrine suffered an earthquake and the carpet was sold to a manchester carpet firm who in turn put it up for sale in 1892.