Coronation Carpet Lacma

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.

Coronation carpet lacma.

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 size is 12 feet 2 inches by 17 feet 1 inch. Lacma s two spectacular persian carpets the ardabil carpet and the coronation carpet are seldom shown to the public. If they could speak they would tell us many sad and happy stories they have witnessed through all these long years.

Los angeles county museum of art from 14 november 2009 through 18 january 2010. 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. 1520 1530 los angeles county museum of art gift of j. Both rugs looked amazing.

About a tale of two persian carpets. As the name suggests it is the carpet on which danish kings were anointed. 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. The coronation carpet photo courtesy lacma.

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. Paul getty have only rarely been exhibited due in part to their size and their sensitivity to light. 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. 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 ardabil and coronation carpets at lacma an unbelievable chance to see two highly distinguished carpets in person is soon to come. Los angeles county museum of art gift of drs. It is still held by the museum today. Paul getty maria de los angeles elementary school.

This rug blog about the coronation carpet was published by nazmiyal antique rugs. The reason is their sensitivity to light. Rarely exhibited due to size and sensitivity to light both the coronation carpet and one of the twin ardabil carpet s will be on display at the los angeles county museum of art lacma from november 14 2009 through january 18 2010.