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2026-09-04 20:07
Safavid tilework: From architectural ornament to pictorial art
TEHRAN - Tilework during Iran’s Safavid era was not confined to geometric patterns, arabesques and inscriptions used to decorate religious buildings.
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2025-11-29 19:30
16th-century Ardabil carpets lie far from home in London and Los Angeles
TEHRAN - Two monumental 16th-century Ardabil carpets--woven in the Safavid court for the shrine of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili--now lie thousands of kilometers from their home, housed separately in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).