Oriental Carpets & Art

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Ushak Carpet. A large rectangular carpet of symmetrical design. ca. 1500 (made).

Silk Animal Carpet. Second half 16th century. Made in Iran, Kashan

"Little by little the wool becomes a carpet" Persian Proverb

Rug Washers in Tehran, Iran, 1960

Still LIfe with Red Carpet from Henri Matisse. Matisse was often inspired by Oriental topics and carpets were important in his work.

They say that a carpet is like a book: it makes us travel to places we 've never been... A creative photo from the Iranian photographer Jalal Sepehr

The Flying Carpet (1880), painting of Viktor Vasnetsov

A great painting from a contemporary Iranian painter Fakhreddin Mokhberi

National Gallery of Art

The grave of the famous dancer and choreographer, Nureev, designed by the artist Ezio Frigerio in Paris. A mosaic that depicts one of the oriental kilim carpets that Nureev loved so much.

Flower carpet in Brussels

Still-life with Candlestick, Barend van der MEER, Louvre Museum, Paris

The carpet Merchant, Giulio Rosati (1858 - 1917)