Oriental rug news
April 19th 2004 Khosrow Sobhe reports: Following the exhibition of Iranian rugs in Shoto Museum of Art in Tokyo, and in response to the interest shown by the Japanese people, the Okayama Orient Museum is going to hold a government-sponsored exhibition named as, “The Splendor of Persian Carpet” presenting antique … read more
Extract of media release from Persia Geneva: “Major Exhibition at Persia Geneva to open Friday 23 April 2004.. Entitled ‘A Revelation of Splendour – Persian Court Carpets from the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi’, the exhibition features the first-ever showing of some of the greatest masterpieces from the legendary private … read more
Artifacts of a Vanishing Style by Mike Tschebull An exhibition titled “Tribal Weavings of Southern Persia: Artifacts of a Vanishing Style” has been running at the Minasian Oriental Rug Gallery in Evanston, Illinois since early October, 2002. It will conclude at the end of March, 2003, when some of the … read more
Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Some of the most famous carpets in Oriental rug history are the Ardabil carpets. The carpets are a pair of twins, woven in Persia in the 16th century. One of the carpets are exhibited in Victoria and Albert Museum in London … read more
