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Acquisition of the Ardabil Carpet

When: March 1893
Where: South Kensington Museum, London
Part of: An Ardabil Carpet enters the South Kensington Museum collection

In March 1893 William Morris persuaded the South Kensington Museum to raise £2000 by public subscription to purchase the restored Ardabil Carpet.

William Morris, an Art Referee, persuaded the museum to raise the then vast sum of £2000, with the aid of public subscription, to purchase the carpet. The carpet had been sold in 1890 to a British dealer who restored it using sections from the other original carpet.

Sources

Ardabil Carpet Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10

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