Discover Carpet Art: Silk Kashan Carpet with Gulbenkian Museum

Kashan was a well-known centre of textile production in Iran, popular for it’s fine silk and sophisticated design. Discover the history and craftsmanship behind the beautiful 16th century silk kashan at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. Jessica Hallett, Curator of the Middle East Collection, tells the story of the textile made of 5 million handwoven knots.
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thank you very much for this informative presentation which has been very helpful to me in understanding this topic. God bless you and family amen

[@edwardb7811]

Great video. it really explains the rug. By the way, the Gulbenkian Museum is fantastic--one man's beautiful collection.

[@paulramsey8118]

Marvelous short video about this gorgeous rug. I'll use it in a lecture for my students, for sure

[@chriskonstandinos4996]

I advise you to read my comments above...and use my thesis for your lecture!!!!

[@rezahoushiarnejad5859]

Kashan silk is famous And popular for sophisticated design.

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Maravilhas da história da humanidade e da sua arte.

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is a magnificent Persian Kashan carpet (Persians they where using silk at least 500 BC the silk cocoons that Alexander the Grate send back to Stagyra to Aristoteles came from Persia not from china) there is no point of chinese influence because Persia was weaving carpets at least 1.000 years BC somthing that was not equally popular in china now trying to force elements of mexican origin obviously mexico didn't yet exist when the carpet was created!! In addition the carpet is at least large (not les than 6 m2) NOT small and the name of the country was Persia until 1979 the name iran was established after the Islamic revolution, the secrets of the collor RED is an ancient Persian secret (taken from the Phenycians known as Tyrian RED) that goes back thousands of years and at times became resson of war, the collor red was a collor only for Royals and was called by the Greeks porfyra and cld be used only by Kings & later by nobels & aristocrats a secret well kept by the Persians!!! The lotus is fruit that grows and loved in Persia for thousands of years doesn't represent China, the fight of the animals has to do with the fauna of the terrain of the Persia plateau and we see it in ancient Persian wall paintings & scalptures & has nothing to do with astrology in this case!!! Now for all the above reassons the museum curator with her "experties" she sld drop her job and go back to her home and cut onions & wash dishes, perhaps she ll do a smaller disaster there....

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no. Iranian have always used name IRAN throught history. Foreiners called Iran Persia. Formally name IRAN has been used at least from mid 19th century diplomatically. therefore, the notion that name change came in 1979 is not correct.

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