About the Artwork
Animal Carpet
between 1520 and 1570
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Iranian
Islamic
Silk pile on a silk foundation
Overall: 7 × 70 inches (17.8 × 177.8 cm)
Rugs
Islamic Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
25.23
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Lady Ludlow (London, England). Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Ford (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1925-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 6, no. 7 (April 1925): pp. 69-72, (ill.) p. 69.
Old Oriental Carpets, vol. II. Vienna, 1929.
Erdmann, Kurt. "Tappeti Persiani," Dedalo, XII (1932): pp. 707-34.
Exhibition of Persian Art. Exh. cat., Iranian Institute. New York City, 1940, p. 9.
An Exhibition of Antique Oriental Rugs. Exh. cat., Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, February 6-March 16, 1947, no. 21.
Woven Treasures of Persian Art. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum. Los Angeles, April-May 1959, cat. no. 63.
Erdmann, Kurt. Siebenhundert Jahre Orientteppiche. Herford, 1966, (fig. 182).
Erdmann, Kurt. Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets. London, 1970, p. 62, (fig. 63).
DIA Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 67.
Bennett, Ian, ed. Rugs and Carpets of the World. London, 1978, p. 56.
Herrmann, Eberhart. "A Great Discovery," Hali, 36 (1987): pp. 49, 105 [cited].
Mancoff, Debra N. and Graham W. J. Beal. Treasures of the DIA. Detroit, 2007, no. 57, p. 92.
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Islamic, Iranian, Animal Carpet, between 1520 and 1570, silk pile on a silk foundation. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 25.23.
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