Islamic carpets and Dutch paintings at the MET

Carpet 17th century IranCotton (warp and weft); wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile 97.5 x 56.25 in. (247.65 x 142.87 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph Dudley, 1953 (53.214)Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mid-17th century Islamic carpets will hang side by side with depictions in Dutch painting at the Metropolitan Museum from 11 March through 11 June 2014. As early as the 14th century, images of carpets woven in primarily Anatolia and Persia began to appear in European paintings… read more

Carpets, Textiles and Islamic Art: New Museum Practice

Walter B. Denny will hold a lecture ‘Carpets, Textiles and Islamic Art: New Museum Practice in the 21st Century’ Saturday 11 May 2013 at 10.00 am for the Textile Museum Associates of Southern California. This lecture will take place at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Los Angeles… read more