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Detail: Design
Cover
Spanish Colonial, Peruvian
Colonial
17th century or later
Object Place: Peru
Medium/Technique
Wool and cotton interlocked tapestry with eccentric wefts
Dimensions
219 x 163.5 cm (86 1/4 x 64 3/8 in.); Legacy dimension: 219.0 x 183.5 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Landon T. Clay
Accession Number1990.624
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDesign of scrolling leaves interspersed with small animals. Center red field; white ground inner border; wider blue ground border with details of seated mermen type figures playing guitars with lions; red ground outer border.
ProvenanceAndrew R. Dole (b. 1857 - d. 1940), Chicago; by descent to his niece, Elizabeth F. Cheney (b. 1902 - d. 1985), Chicago. November 21, 1988, sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 46, to Landon T. Clay, Peterborough, NH; 1990, year-end gift of Landon T. Clay, Peterborough, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 23, 1991)