It is this lovely wool we use to make our multipurpose coarse thick cloth from.
Carpet museum uk.
The museum s exhibition hall occupies 3 400 square meters 36 597 ft citation needed and its library contains approximately 7 000 books.
We took our eight year old granddaughter and were worried that it might not be interesting enough for her.
We had a real surprise visiting the museum of the carpet.
The museum of carpet has lots for you to enjoy as you discover over 300 years of kidderminster s integral history.
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The herd of sheep is being driven down to get shaven.
We keep safe a stunning collection of carpet designs and working machinery.
A caring museum.
The museum was designed by architect abdol aziz mirza farmanfarmaian.
Located in tehran beside laleh park and founded in 1976 the carpet museum of iran exhibits a variety of persian carpets from all over iran dating from the 16th century to the present.
A history lesson the birthplace of carpet in the united kingdom at the carpet museum kidderminster.
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Through a series of displays interactives and working demonstrations the museum keeps alive the heritage of carpet making.
Anthea who explained the looms to us was superb.
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The museum of carpet is the only museum in the uk dedicated to carpets and carpet manufacture and the only museum and gallery space in kidderminster.
We needn t have worried as she loved it.
The ardabil carpet is the world s oldest dated carpet and one of the largest most beautiful and historically important.
It was made in the town of ardabil in north west iran the burial place of shaykh safi al din ardabili who died in 1334.
Our team of hand loom weavers demonstrate 10am 1pm while power loom demonstrations run at 12pm tuesdays wednesdays thursdays and saturdays and are subject to volunteer availability.
The shaykh was a sufi leader ancestor of shah ismail.