Part showcase and part gala celebration to mark the culmination of the Art Dubai 2024 event in early March, the Night at the Museum event at the Cinar Artistry and Luxury Carpet Museum combined glamour with history in a truly unique setting.
A museum in St. Augustine, Florid has a rather unusual artifact – an ancient rug made completely out of cat fur. This rug is sometimes referred to as the ‘Sacred Cat Rug’ and has a claim on the title of ‘Oldest Rug in the World’.
The Pazyryk Carpet is the oldest known example of a carpet in existence today. Discovered in a state of almost perfect preservation, it was pulled from a royal tomb in the Pazyryk Valley of Siberia, Russia, and has been dated to around the 5th century BC.
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