BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2350214:Event:19693 DTSTAMP:20100730T222744Z SUMMARY:A Tale of Two Persian Carpets: The Ardabil and Coronation Carp ets DESCRIPTION:A Tale of Two Persian Carpets: The Ardabil and Coronati on Carpets\nNovember 14, 2009–January 18, 2010\nArt of the Am ericas Bldg, 2nd (Plaza) Level\n\nDating to the first half of the 16th century, LACMA's two spectacular Persian carpets, both the gift o f J. Paul Getty, have only rarely been exhibited, due in part to their size and their sensitivity to light. Now, for the first time, these l arge and sumptuous carpets will be shown together, affording visitors the opportunity to see two of the world's most renowned Persian carpet s and to learn something of their fascinating history before and after they left Iran.\nThis special installation is made possible in part b y the Farhang Foundation. On view November 14, 2009 - January 18, 2010 in the Art of the Americas Bldg, 2nd (Plaza) Level.\n\n\nA bout Ardabil Carpet:\nLACMA’s spectacular Ardabil carpet was mad e as one of a matched pair; its mate survives and belongs to the Victo ria and Albert Museum in London. Brought to England sometime in the la te nineteenth century, the two carpets were reported to have come from the Safavid shrine at Ardabil in northwestern Iran. LACMA’s carpet is slightly smaller than its twin; its outer borders and a section of the lower field were likely removed in order to repair the carpet now in London, perhaps after the two were acquired by Vincent Robinson &am p; Co. Robinson’s sold the larger carpet to the V&A in 1893. Sho rtly thereafter, the smaller carpet was purchased by Charles Tyson Yer kes, an American multimillionaire. The carpet was subsequently sold bu t remained in America until 1919 when it was acquired by the London-ba sed art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen. In 1938, Duveen sold the carpet to t he American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who kept it in his New York apar tment. He subsequently brought the carpet to California and in 1953 do nated it to LACMA. According to their signatures, the Ardabil carpets were made in 1539–40 by a certain Maqsud of Kashan, who prepared the designs and oversaw the project. They were almost certainly royal car pets, probably commissioned for the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp (r. 152 4–76), presumably for his ancestral shrine at Ardabil.\n\nInscribed just above the signature and date of each carpet is a Persian couplet from a ghazal, or ode, by the renowned fourteenth-century poet Hafiz; it was likely chosen for quotation because the carpets may have been i ntended for a place of prayer. The verses heighten our appreciation ev en today:\n\nI have no refuge in this world other than thy threshold\n My head has no resting place other than this doorway\n\nFor more infor mation visit http://www.farhang.org/events/a-tale-of-two-persian-carpe ts DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091114T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100118T235900 CATEGORIES:farhang, foundation, exhibition, art LOCATION:LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art WEBSITE:http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibInstallations.aspx URL:http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibInstallations.aspx CONTACT:323 857-6000 ORGANIZER:LACMA installation, made possible in part by the Farhang Fou ndation ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com/files/2-ACzv*kvAvP6Cag gdHVvADBBMZ41-nzuVPNKy07v0oSviQEN-YNycy05XmaE3tR1J4JKcwjjPKhQGkGDK0m5r B4bv3WCi9z/111409carpet_sm.jpg ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Massoud Youssefia":http://www.farhang.org/profile/MassoudYoussefia ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="par mel" :http://www.farhang.org/profile/parmel ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="mehran s hahidehpour":http://www.farhang.org/profile/mehranshahidehpour ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="lilla ha shemi":http://www.farhang.org/profile/lillahashemi ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Rozita:ht tp://www.farhang.org/profile/Rozita ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Attilla Savalan":http://www.farhang.org/profile/AttillaSavalan ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Zohreh S adeghi":http://www.farhang.org/profile/zohrehsadeghi ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Shala O' Neil":http://www.farhang.org/profile/ShalaONeil ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=shilla:ht tp://www.farhang.org/profile/shilla ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Mahshid Sohaili":http://www.farhang.org/profile/MahshidSohaili ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Khosrow Sobhe":http://www.farhang.org/profile/KhosrowSobhe65 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Farhang Foundation":http://www.farhang.org/profile/FarhangFoundation ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Helen A fshan":http://www.farhang.org/profile/HelenAfshan ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Esfandia r:http://www.farhang.org/profile/Esfandiar ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="mohamad reza Yazdi":http://www.farhang.org/profile/mohamadrezaYazdi ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Laleh S aberi":http://www.farhang.org/profile/LalehSaberi END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR