Medallion carpet
late 15th–early 16th century
Object PlacePersia
Medium/TechniqueWool and cotton; wool pile
DimensionsOverall: 217.2 x 516 cm (85 1/2 x 203 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number65.595
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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ProvenanceBy 1907, C.F. Williams, PA [see note 1]. By 1940, with French & Company, Inc., New York [see note 2]. 1965, purchased from French & Company by the MFA (Accession date: May 12, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] The carpet was on loan to the MFA from Mr. Williams from 1907 to 1908.
[2] See Richard Ettinghausen, "'Six Thousand Years of Persian Art:' the Exhibition of Iranian Art," Ars Islamica, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1940), p. 109, where this carpet is referred to as being lent by French & Co. The carpet remained with French & Co. at least until 1947, when it was included in "An Exhibition of Antique Oriental Rugs" at the Art Institute of Chicago (probably #24 in that catalogue).
NOTES:
[1] The carpet was on loan to the MFA from Mr. Williams from 1907 to 1908.
[2] See Richard Ettinghausen, "'Six Thousand Years of Persian Art:' the Exhibition of Iranian Art," Ars Islamica, Vol. 7, No. 1 (1940), p. 109, where this carpet is referred to as being lent by French & Co. The carpet remained with French & Co. at least until 1947, when it was included in "An Exhibition of Antique Oriental Rugs" at the Art Institute of Chicago (probably #24 in that catalogue).
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