Iran’s most famous carpets in museums around the world
Ardabil Carpet: Stored in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, measuring 11.38 meters long and 5.30 meters wide. This carpet is called Ardabil carpet because it is derived from the tomb of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili, from which the Safavid dynasty took its name. This Iranian carpet is one of the most exquisite and famous carpets in the world in terms of texture and design. The weaving of this carpet is made of silk and its knot is of Persian weaving type and is woven by Maghsoud Kashani.
Hunting Carpet: Preserved in the Austrian Museum of Industrial Art, measuring 6.90 meters long and 3.60 meters wide, which is one of the most famous carpets in the world. In fact, some experts believe that this carpet is the most exquisite carpet ever woven and is the only carpet whose silk and lint are made of silk.
Certainly, this carpet was designed by Sultan Mohammad, the famous painter of Shah Tahmasb’s court, and its texture is attributed to Kashan; Because the people of this city were used to weaving silk carpets.
Chelsea Carpet: Preserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The rug is therefore known as the Chelsea rug, which was donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum by a broker named Chelsea. The imaginary designs of this carpet are combined with texture and excellent work, and in the end, beauty and originality. This carpet has the same originality and tranquility of Ardabil carpet.
Carpets full of flowers and animals: Preserved at the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna, measuring 7.50 meters long and 3.20 meters wide. This rug is also one of the most exquisite examples from the group of rugs all over the flowers and animals that we have received, and its fabric is silk.
Other exquisite Iranian carpets kept in world-renowned museums:
1- Potted pottery, preserved in Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
2. The bergamot rug with flowers and animals, preserved in the Polytechnic Museum of Petsoli, Milan.
3. The role of bergamot, elasticity, flowers, animals, and writing, preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
4- bergamot, animal and tree carpet, preserved in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.