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Turkish
18th century
Object Place: Oushak

Medium/Technique Wool
Dimensions Overall: 459.7 x 256.5 cm (181 x 101 in.)
Credit Line William Alfred Paine Fund
Accession Number31.974
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionWarp: white wool. Weft: reddish brown wool. Pile: wool, 4 Sehna knots to square centimetre. Design: mainfield dark blue with conventionalized floral pattern in light blue, light and dark reddish orange, brown, and white; main border reddish orange with floral meander.
ProvenanceBy 1929, Charles O. Richardson, MA [see note]; 1931, sold by Charles O. Richardson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 3, 1931)

NOTE:
Lent to the MFA May 4, 1929.