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Medallion Carpet, The Ardabil Carpet (detail of center), Unknown artist (Maqsud Kashani is named on the carpet’s inscription), Persian: Safavid Dynasty, silk warps and wefts with wool pile (25 million knots, 340 per sq. inch), 1539-40 C.E., Tabriz, Kashan, Isfahan or Kirman, Iran (Victoria and Albert Museum) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) — Find out how a museum can keep the world's oldest dated carpet preserved for the next 500 years

Conservation of the Ardabil Carpet: the oldest ...

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Follow V&A's conservation team as they carefully clean and repair a magnificent 19th century jama – a style of garment worn by men in India for centuries.

Conservation: Indian jama

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Conserving a carpet (Metropolitan Museum -video still) — An ambitious three-year project stabilized the lustrous wools and dazzling colors of this fragile carpet.

Conserving the Emperor’s Carpet

by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carpet V&A conservation - video still — This huge carpet got a thorough vacuuming and a much-needed comb before going back on display at the V&A.

William Morris, The Bullerswood Carpet

by Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Tapestry Weaving Getty video still — Witness the weaving process at Gobelins Manufactory in Paris, where historical techniques are still practiced.

The art of making a tapestry

by The J. Paul Getty Museum

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