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Met adds vast Islamic art wing in new gallery
The Metropolitan Museum unveils a sweeping Islamic art wing with 1,500 pieces on view and 2,000 in storage, spanning Mughal India to Moorish Spain across 11 centuries. Highlights include the Simonetti carpet, 18th century Damascus room, Ni shapur finds gallery, and a vast Alhambra arcade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Berlin-Dahlem Museum
Thomas P.F. Hoving
Stuart Silver
Museum
Richard Ettinghausen
Damascus
Kansas City
Ettinghausen
Hagop Kevorkian
Met
Nishapur
Iran
Alhambra
Heber Bishop
Joseph V. McMullen
New York