Tabriz Carpet Museum

The ardabil carpet is the world s oldest dated carpet and one of the largest most beautiful and historically important.

Tabriz carpet museum. There are about 135 masterpieces of persian carpets woven in the main centers such as kashan kerman isfahan tabriz khorasan kurdistan and other regions exhibited in the hall of the first floor. National carpet museum holds more than 14 000 exhibits of the finest azerbaijani carpets. The land of fire has seven carpet producing regions including baku shirvan guba tabriz karabakh ganja and gazakh and each of them has its own technology typical patterns and colors. It was made in the town of ardabil in north west iran the burial place of shaykh safi al din ardabili who died in 1334.

They have pottery workshops and sell some stuff too. Also you can take beautiful pictures in the peaceful yard. When you enter you will find the archaeological department which tells the story of azerbaijan from the fifth millennium bce until the sasanian age. I ve been to this beautiful place once and i think if you are in tabriz and you have the time it s worth a shot.

The smaller one from which pieces were taken is in the los angeles county museum of art. The shaykh was a sufi leader ancestor of shah ismail. Experts believe these carpets were woven in tabriz over a period of three years. 3 reviews 32 of 42 things to do in tabriz.

The azerbaijan museum in tabriz situated next to the famous blue mosque may be the nicest museum in iran. The land of fire has seven carpet producing regions including baku shirvan guba tabriz karabakh ganja and gazakh and each of them has its own technology typical patterns and colors. The carpet museum of iran itself was designed by queen farah diba and mixes classic 70s style with carpet inspired function the exterior is meant to resemble threads on a loom which cool down the main building by casting shadows on its walls. A library including different books in farsi arabic french english and german languages and a book store are the other parts of the museum.

It consists of three parts. Ardabil carpets are famous carpets that are in the victoria and albert museum in london. The restored larger carpet is housed in the victoria and albert museum london. It took seven years for 230 carpet weavers to create the huge carpet.

There are many fine objects like fifth millennium ceramics from ishmaelabad beautiful weights lots of. Tabriz carpets is a famous and a common carpets that s made in the city of tabriz that is located in the eastern province. Iran s president hassan rouhani introduced the world s largest handwoven carpet thursday at the opening of the tabriz international carpet fair. It was put on the guinness world records during an international carpet exhibition in the city of tabriz.