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Mihran Mesrobian (Armenian: Միհրան Մեսրոպեան; 10 May 1889 – 21 September 1975) was an Armenian-American architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries. Having received an education in the Academy of Fine Arts in Constantinople , Mesrobian began his career as an architect in Smyrna and in Constantinople.
The designation "Armenian Carpet" in the English language has existed since the 1850s. [18] It appeared in Western scholarly works in the latter part of the 19th century as attested in the writings of the Austrian art historian Alois Riegl, who mentioned an Armenian carpet created in 1202.
Starting to develop in Armenia and Artsakh as a part of everyday life, carpet weaving was a must in every Armenian family, with the carpet making and rug making being almost women's occupation. [5] One of the most important conditions for the development of carpet and rug weaving was the availability of towns and cities, where the arts and ...
The location was at the time known as Little Armenia. [4] In the 1920s, about eight thousand Armenians lived in New York City and the center of their community was Lexington Avenue and 23rd Street. [5] With rising prosperity, the Armenian community gradually moved elsewhere, with Kalustyan's the most visible relic.
The reality of carpet production does not reflect this selection: Carpets were simultaneously produced by and for the three different social levels. Patterns and ornaments from court manufactory rugs have been reproduced by smaller (town or village) workshops. This process is well documented for Ottoman prayer rugs. [5]
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The Ghazir Rug is not just a carpet; it is a tangible connection to the first genocide of the Twentieth Century – a silent, beautiful rebuttal to those who deny the murder of 1.5 million men, woman and children in a campaign of mass murder, forced marches, rape and looting that befell the Armenian people from 1915-23.
Shushi Carpet Museum (Armenian: Շուշիի գորգերի թանգարան) is a museum in Shusha, Azerbaijan.It was founded by Vardan Astsatryan in 2011. The museum opened its doors to the public in 2013, when its location, Shusha (Armenian: Shushi, Շուշի), was under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.