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Carpet from the funerary mosque.
Knotted pile of wool and silk 34 6 x 17 7.
Folio 52 verso of the bustan of sultan husayn maygara from heart afghanistan.
Leaves and flowers cover the.
Folio from a qur an.
Figure 13 30 muhammad ibn al zayn basin baptistère de saint louis from egypt ca.
Basin baptistère de saint louis bahram gur fights the karg horned wolf introduction to the court carpets of the ottoman safavid and mughal empires.
The motif may represent the inside of a dome.
The design is of a central sunburst medallion surrounded by 16 pendants.
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Ink and color on paper 11 7 8.
Wool and silk 34 x 6 x 17 7 seduction of yusuf.
There are two mosque lamps on either side.
Victoria albert museum london.
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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.
Carpet from the funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din ardabil iran 1540.
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.
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.
Figure 13 28 maqsud of kashan carpet from the funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din ardabil iran 1540.