Ardabīl Carpet

Ardabīl Carpet

      either of a pair of Persian carpets that are among the most famous examples of early classical Persian workmanship. The larger one measures 34 × 17.5 feet (10.4 × 5.3 metres), and both carpets have a silk warp and wool pile. The carpets were completed in 1539–40, during the reign of the Ṣafavid ruler Shah Ṭahmāsp I (1524–76), and they were originally laid in the Mosque of Ardabīl, in the Iranian province of Azerbaijan. Both carpets have a rich, exquisitely detailed and organized design in which a deep indigo field is covered with delicate, intricate floral tracery; a central medallion of pale yellow terminates in 16 minaret-shaped points with almond pendants.

      Both Ardabīl carpets bear the inscription “I have no refuge in the world other than thy threshold; My head has no protection other than this porch way; The work of the slave of the Holy Place, Maksoud of Kāshān, in the year 946 [AD 1539–40].” Both carpets had been damaged by the late 19th century, and parts of the carpet now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art were used to repair the one now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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