Ispahan
Amedee Couder
(French, 1797–1864)
Gaussen Aine & Cie
(French, 1834–1838)
1834
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/Technique2/2 Z twill ground with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 S twill, clipped; warp: Silk plied with wool and resist dyed; main weft: wool?; pattern weft: wool; harlequin border tapestry woven
DimensionsHeight x width: 182.2 x 173.4 cm (71 3/4 x 68 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1277
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Collections
ProvenanceSeptember 1995, sold by Frank Ames, New York, to Martha Bayles Boyd (b.1929-d.2010), Reston, Virginia; 2001, given by Martha Bayles Boyd, Reston, Virginia, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (2001.157.365); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)
