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Peruvian
Colonial
mid-18th century or later
Object Place: Peru
Medium/Technique
Wool and cotton interlocked tapestry and dovetailed tapestry with eccentric wefts
Dimensions
Other (Height x width): 243.5 x 209.9 cm (95 7/8 x 82 5/8 in.) (maximum)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number04.1619
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: cotton. Weft: wool. Design: main field, dark blue with baskets of fruit urns of flowers, with oblong panels at both ends in each of which are human beings, or whom four appear to be Europeans in 18th-century costumes with swords. Four conventionalized floral borders surround the field, colors blue, pink, yellow, olive green, and white.
ProvenanceGift of Denman Waldo Ross, December 11, 1907.