Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Apollo | November 1, 2003| | Copyright

The Victoria and Albert Museum's current exhibition, 'Gothic: Art for England 1400 1547, includes a faithful copy of Holbein's lost portrait of Henry VIII standing proudly on a universal symbol of wealth and prestige--a Turkish carpet; in this case the type known as a star Ushak, woven in Anatolia. An inventory from Windsor Castle shows that he owned at least five hundred oriental carpets. In 1520, Cardinal Wolsey purchased sixty Turkish carpets, together with a considerable quantity of wine, which were both part of a consignment of goods from the Maggior Consiglio of Venice. ...

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