Pictorial carpet
about 1590–1600
Object PlaceLahore, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueCotton warp and weft with wool knotted pile
Dimensions243 x 155 cm (95 11/16 x 61 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Frederick L. Ames, in the name of Frederick L. Ames
Accession number93.1480
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NOTES:
[1] In July, 1882, William Morris and the architect H. H. Richardson examined the carpet at Durlacher and Marks, London. It has been suggested that Richardson was puchasing objects of decorative arts for his clients in the United States; members of the Ames family, including Frederick Lothrop Ames, were clients of Richardson's. See James F. O'Gorman, ed., "On vacation with H. H. Richardson," Archives of American Art Journal 19, no. 1 (1979), pp. 2-14. Whether Richardson in fact played a direct role in bringing the carpet to this country is not known.
[2] According to information provided by Mr. Torrey (Torrey, Bright and Capen) to the MFA, his firm sold the carpet to Mr. Ames, possibly in 1882.
late 17th or early 18th century
17th century
about 1650
19th century
early 19th century
First half 19th century
19th century
15th century
mid-16th century
late 15th to early 16th century
about 1539–40
19th century