Arabesque Band Carpet
c. 1650
Artist
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
wool pile on cotton warp and cotton weft
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall size: 1077 x 409 cm (424 x 161 in.)
overall (width at top): 398.8 cm (157 in.)
overall (width at center): 402.6 cm (158 1/2 in.)
overall (width at bottom): 409 cm (161 in.) -
Accession
1942.9.476
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Duke of Braganza, Lisbon, Portugal.[1] (Vitall and Leopold Benguiat, New York); sold 18 February 1900 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener, by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] According to information supplied by the dealer Vitall Benguiat (letter of 29 March 1900 to Peter A. B. Widener in NGA curatorial files), this carpet "was originally in the reception room of the palace of the Duke of Braganza in Lisbon"; he classified it as a "'Persian Ispahan' of the 16th century made by the Royal Art Manufacturer. The designs and colors were drawn by special artists, for a European gift."
Associated Names
Bibliography
1935
Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 130-131.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 19, as East Persian 16th Century, Large rug, similar to the so-called Ispahan.
1997
Torchia, Robert Wilson. "Widener's Gift." Hali 92 (May 1997): 88-97, 120, fig. 5.
1998
Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 314-318, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q62268467