Name: The Markarian Foundation Lecture–Woven Ground: Safavid Carpets in Context with Margaret Squires, PhD
Start: 2025-10-26T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-26T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Cincinnati Art Museum

$The Markarian Foundation Lecture\u2013Woven Ground: Safavid Carpets in Context with Margaret Squires, PhD$

The Markarian Foundation Lecture–Woven Ground: Safavid Carpets in Context with Margaret Squires, PhD
Sunday, October 26, 2–4 p.m.
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Iran’s Safavid period (1501–1722) marks a Golden Age in the art of carpet weaving. Long appreciated by scholars and connoisseurs for their intricate patterns, rich hues, and fine weaves, Safavid carpets are rarely considered in the contexts for which they were originally made. In this lecture, Margaret Squires will draw on her recently completed doctoral research to explore the integral role of carpets in Iranian palaces, shrines, and garden pavilions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Her presentation will reveal not only the artistic sophistication of carpet weaving in this period, but the social and cultural significance of the medium as well.

About the speaker:
Margaret Squires, PhD, is an Associate Lecturer at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London, UK. Her research centers on the arts of early modern Iran, with a particular focus on carpets and textiles.
Please join us for the lecture from 2–3 p.m. in Fath Auditorium with light refreshments to follow from 3–4 p.m. in the Marek-Weaver Family Commons.
This lecture is made possible by the Markarian Foundation.
If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at [email protected]
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