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
late 15th to early 16th century
15th century
mid-16th century
First half 19th century
19th century
early 19th century
late 17th or early 18th century
17th century
probably third quarter of the 16th century
second half of the 17th century