Safavid Carpets: Themes, Styles, and Patterns

Safavid Carpets: An Analysis of Themes, Styles and Patterns
Dr. Khosrow Sobhe invites you to a lecture by: Dr. Jon Thompson
Visiting leading rug scholar from London
Dr. Thompson has recently retired as May Beattie Fellow in Carpet Studies at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology and the Khalili Research Center, at the University of Oxford. He continues to teach courses at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Dr. Thompson is in Los Angeles to deliver a lecture on the Ardabil Carpet on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

at Rug Idea
1655 South La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(Half a mile south of Pico Blvd. at Airdrome St. Free parking available)

This is a free program sponsored by RugIdea.com. Seating capacity is limited.
Please make reservation by calling 310-860-0460