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Tapestry fragment
Tapestry fragment

Tapestry fragment

A.D. 500–800
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueWool and cotton interlocked tapestry with eccentric wefts
Dimensions10.8 x 10.8 cm (4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number31.703
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1931, sold by Guillermo R. Schmidt-Pizarro (b. about 1881 - d. about 1960), Anglo-South American Trust Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 3, 1931)
Chair seat or cushion cover
16th–17th century
Cover
mid-18th century or later
Group shot: 31.701-4
A.D. 500–800
Tapestry fragments
A.D. 500–800
Group shot: 31.701-4
A.D. 500–800
Carpet
17th century or later
Tapestry: Cover
17th century or later
Corner of central design
17th century or later
A.D. 500–800
16th–17th century
Fragment
A.D. 1000–1476