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Beautiful. Looking at carpets in renaissance paintings is among my favorite carpet hobbies. Check out the Holbein carpets.
Yes gorgeous ones!
I'm now going to be looking for Persian carpets in every painting I see.
Your carpet is Magnifique Danielle! I'm going to have to keep this note for the links to places to look for them.
PS when I clicked on the link to the article I saw a lovely book published by two other people...
Thank you, Kathy. Yes, the article is in that book, along with other essays and research.
New obsession unlocked (I am already on Vinted & http://eBay.it like it’s my job!)
I mean, those Florentines were all traveling on Venetian ships and on trade routes charted by Venetians so you must!
Thank you, Danielle. I will be searching for Persian carpets in Renaissance art from now on!
Welcome to your next obsession.
Yes to all of this. I’ve always loved looking at the pottery and blankets in paintings—will have a good time looking at the carpets now.
I love the Jackson Pollack quote.
And in addition to that fabulous carpet—what a gorgeous couch!
So much pottery in paintings from the time period with Kufic script. The world was so much more international than we really consider, but I guess that explains all the plague!
Beautiful. Looking at carpets in renaissance paintings is among my favorite carpet hobbies. Check out the Holbein carpets.
Yes gorgeous ones!
I'm now going to be looking for Persian carpets in every painting I see.
Your carpet is Magnifique Danielle! I'm going to have to keep this note for the links to places to look for them.
PS when I clicked on the link to the article I saw a lovely book published by two other people...
Thank you, Kathy. Yes, the article is in that book, along with other essays and research.
New obsession unlocked (I am already on Vinted & http://eBay.it like it’s my job!)
I mean, those Florentines were all traveling on Venetian ships and on trade routes charted by Venetians so you must!
Thank you, Danielle. I will be searching for Persian carpets in Renaissance art from now on!
Welcome to your next obsession.
Yes to all of this. I’ve always loved looking at the pottery and blankets in paintings—will have a good time looking at the carpets now.
I love the Jackson Pollack quote.
And in addition to that fabulous carpet—what a gorgeous couch!
So much pottery in paintings from the time period with Kufic script. The world was so much more international than we really consider, but I guess that explains all the plague!