The Ardabil Carpets (Art Ebook).pdf

Rexford Stead, "The Ardabil Carpets"
J. Paul Getty | 1974 | ISBN: 0892360151 | English | PDF | 50 pages | 11.9 Mb

The richness of Near Eastern art is epitomized by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Persian carpets. Among the finest ever produced, the two Ardabil carpets are believed to have been made as offerings for the Shrine of Sheikh Safi at Ardabil during the Safavid dynasty in sixteenth-century Persia.