The oldest, dated rug The Ardabil Carpet is in a hermetically sealed box and the low lights switch on every hour for a couple of minutes so you can see the pattern, and beautiful workmanship, better. We had half an our to 'kill', so why not in the V&A and we spent the whole time in this one gallery!
I have to say I was more interested in the symmetry of the reflections on the top of the box.
Terrific to be in the presence of such a treasure. I’m impressed that you are still taking such great photos and posting them while on your day trip. Thanks for the link
WOW "The foundation is silk with wool pile at a knot density of 300–350 knots per square inch (47–54 knots per square centimetre). The size of the London carpet is 34 ft 3 in × 17 ft 6+7⁄8 in (1,044 cm × 535.5 cm), which gives it about 26 million knots in total." and all handmade! inspirational
@monikozi you can only imagine the colours, but it's so fine! @amyk I'm glad it sort of worked @randystreat it certainly was!! Bit it's so thin! @will_wooderson thanks @kali66 Kali the work is so fine, but you can not get any closer than a foot. I was amazed at how thin it is, and the colours once must have been so vibrant! @taffy I did too, so glad it sort of worked @christinav bit abstraction that distracted from the beautiful rug @joansmor it is @ljmanning too much to type here @haskar thank you @denful many thanks @wakelys it's pretty awesome, but I love this museum, was lovely to concentrate on just one room @shutterbug49 thank you @kork many thanks @dkbarnett that caught my eye immediately @grammyn most of my photos were rubbish, so many thanks
@amyk I'm glad it sort of worked
@randystreat it certainly was!! Bit it's so thin!
@will_wooderson thanks
@kali66 Kali the work is so fine, but you can not get any closer than a foot. I was amazed at how thin it is, and the colours once must have been so vibrant!
@taffy I did too, so glad it sort of worked
@christinav bit abstraction that distracted from the beautiful rug
@joansmor it is
@ljmanning too much to type here
@haskar thank you
@denful many thanks
@wakelys it's pretty awesome, but I love this museum, was lovely to concentrate on just one room @shutterbug49 thank you
@kork many thanks
@dkbarnett that caught my eye immediately
@grammyn most of my photos were rubbish, so many thanks