Lacma s two spectacular persian carpets the ardabil carpet and the coronation carpet are seldom shown to the public.
Coronation carpet lacma.
As the name suggests it is the carpet on which danish kings were anointed.
If they could speak they would tell us many sad and happy stories they have witnessed through all these long years.
Alan grinnell and feelie lee taihu stone los angeles county museum of art gift of the 2017 collectors committee coronation carpet detail c.
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.
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.
Paul getty have only rarely been exhibited due in part to their size and their sensitivity to light.
The size is 12 feet 2 inches by 17 feet 1 inch.
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.
1520 1530 los angeles county museum of art gift of j.
It is still held by the museum today.
Paul getty maria de los angeles elementary school.
About a tale of two persian carpets.
The reason is their sensitivity to light.
Los angeles county museum of art gift of drs.
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.
Los angeles county museum of art from 14 november 2009 through 18 january 2010.
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.
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 ardabil and coronation carpets at lacma an unbelievable chance to see two highly distinguished carpets in person is soon to come.
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.
This rug blog about the coronation carpet was published by nazmiyal antique rugs.
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.
