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Altar carpet
Rug
English
about 1865
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave (?) (triple woven)
Dimensions
Length x width: 294.6 x 127 cm (116 x 50 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number2010.23
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRed and brown altar carpet with Gothic revival patterning with repeated designs of Byzantine cross (with four equal sides) and crown of thorns.
Provenance1996, purchased by Thomi and Junnaa Wroblewski, London at Bonhams auction, London; purchased from the Wroblewskis by the MFA (Accession date: January 20, 2010)