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Fragment of the field of a "vase" carpet

late 17th or early 18th century
Object PlaceKirman, Iran
Medium/TechniqueCotton warp, one cotton and two wool wefts, wool knotted pile
Dimensions106 x 150.5 cm (41 3/4 x 59 1/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number08.438
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceSold by Countess Elizabeth Phelps Resse, Anzio, Italy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Boston; 1908, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 8, 1908)
Shaped carpet
about 1650
Rug
19th century
Pictorial carpet
about 1590–1600
late 15th to early 16th century
Medallion
mid-16th century
Group shot:  62.1126 (above), 62.1127 (below)
First half 19th century
Pattern
early 19th century