Armenian "Kohar Carpet" on display at Boston Museum of Fine ArtsJanuary 19, 2011 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The world's most important Armenian rug, the Kohar Carpet, is currently on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This rug, made in either 1680 or 1700 (the exact date is unclear) is a bridge between the medieval Dragon Rugs and the modern rug tradition. The inscription in medieval Armenian on the carpet reads "I Kohar (Jewel), full of sin and weak of soul, with my newly learned hands wove this rug. Whosoever reads this say a word of mercy to God for me". This unique rug first appeared in London in 1899, as Turkish loot stolen from an Armenian church during the 1894-96 massacres. It was exhibited and documented, and then disappeared into a private collection for decades until 1977 when reemerged and was then showcased in 1985 in the traveling exhibit "Weavers, Merchants, and Kings: The Armenian Carpet", which was the first major exhibit of Armenian Rugs in the West. It is now again in a private collection. The Kohar Carpet is one of 4 rugs now displayed at the MFA on the second floor next to the Rotunda, but is easily overlooked by visitors due to the other vast collections that are better displayed, and the label gives little background about its importance. The MFA exhibit "17th and 18th Century Caucasian Rugs" includes both the Kohar Rug and a Dragon Rug, and will end at the end of January, Armenian Library and Museum of America told PanARMENIAN.Net Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |