Border fragment of the "second Ardabil Carpet"
about 1539–40
Object PlaceIran (Persia)
Medium/TechniqueWool and silk: silk warp, silk weft, wool knotted pile
Dimensions30 x 68 cm (11 13/16 x 26 3/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number03.701
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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Provenance1903, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1953 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1903, gift of Dr. Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 1903)
late 16th century
early 19th century
First half 19th century
19th century
15th century
mid-16th century
late 15th to early 16th century
late 17th or early 18th century
17th century
probably third quarter of the 16th century
second half of the 17th century