Altar carpet
about 1865
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave (?) (triple woven)
DimensionsLength x width: 294.6 x 127 cm (116 x 50 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number2010.23
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
Provenance1996, purchased by Thomi and Junnaa Wroblewski, London at Bonhams auction, London; purchased from the Wroblewskis by the MFA (Accession date: January 20, 2010)
about 500 B.C.
late 16th or 17th century
first half of the 19th century
4th–5th century
11th–12th century
17th century
4th–6th century A.D.
6th century A.D. (?)
17th–18th century
about 1875