Provenance
P. W. French & Co., New York; sold to Charles Deering (1852-1927), Evanston, IL, Miami, and Spain, July 10, 1917 [copy of P. W. French and Co. Bills to Charles Deering; copy in curatorial object file; on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago from 1922, incoming receipt R322, Apr. 12, 1922]; given to his daughters, Marion D. McCormick, Chicago (1886-1965, born Marion Deering, also Mrs. Chauncey McCormick) and Barbara D. Danielson, Chicago (1885-1957, born Barbara Deering, also Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson), 1924; given the Art Institute of Chicago, 1940.
Carpet
1601-25
Accession Number
40376
Medium
Cotton, silk, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile ghrough a technique known as "Persian (Sehna) knots;" edged with silk, cotton, and gil-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven and card woven fringe
Dimensions
389.5 × 176.2 cm (153 3/8 × 69 3/8 in.)
Classification
weaving - carpet
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson