Carpet
mid-16th century
Object Placeprobably Cairo, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueWool warp and wool weft with wool knotted pile
Dimensions278.9 x 268.9 cm (109 13/16 x 105 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund and Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number61.939
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Provenance1932, V. and L. Benguiat, Paris and New York; April 23, 1932, V. and L. Benguiat sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 34, sold for $2500 to French and Company, New York; sold by French and Co. to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1961, sold by Loewi to the the MFA. (Accession Date: September 20, 1961)
late 15th to early 16th century
15th century
late 17th or early 18th century
17th century
about 1539–40
First half 19th century
19th century
early 19th century
about 1650
19th century
19th century
late 16th century