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Table carpet

16th century
Object PlaceSpain
Medium/TechniqueLinen plain weave (canvas) embroidered with silk and metallic threads
DimensionsOverall: 138 x 239cm (54 5/16 x 94 1/8in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number56.266
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBy 1939, Adolph Loewi, Venice and Los Angeles; 1956, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $800. (Accession Date: April 12, 1956)
View: a,b,c
second half of the 18th century
Pattern
Early 17th century
Cushion cover
1580–1630
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19th century
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19th century
Restricted: For reference only
late 19th century or early 20th century
Sampler
Tamer Simpson
1745
Sewing case
second half of the 18th century
Restricted: For reference only
19th century
Mitre
late 14th–early 15th century