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Border fragment of the "second Ardabil Carpet"
Rug
Persian
Safavid Dynasty
about 1539–40
Object Place: Iran (Persia)
Medium/Technique
Wool and silk: silk warp, silk weft, wool knotted pile
Dimensions
30 x 68 cm (11 13/16 x 26 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number03.701
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp, silk: weft, silk: pile, wool: 64 Persian (Senna) knots to a square centimeter. The ground is deep pink; the design of palmettes and clouds is light and dark blue, yellow, brown, and white.
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)