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Ushak
'bird' carpet. possibly a Tuduc copy. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically
knotted pile
Dimensions: Textile: L. 136 1/4 in (346.1 cm) W. 73 1/2 in
(186.7 cm)
Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James
F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number: 22.100.127
Not on view
Provenance
James F. Ballard, St. Louis, MO
(until 1922; gifted to MMA)
References
Breck, Joseph, and Frances
Morris. "The Metropolitan Museum of Art." In The James F. Ballard
Collection of Oriental Rugs. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1923. no. 35, p. 22, ill. (b/w).
Dimand, Maurice S., and Jean
Mailey. Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. no. 86, pp. 191, 226, ill. fig. 172
(b/w).
Ellis, Charles. Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of
Art. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988. p. 58.
Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn. "Collecting the "Orient" at the Met: Early
Tastemakers in America." Ars Orientalis vol. 30 (2000). p. 83, ill. fig.
15 (b/w).
Publications
The James F. Ballard Collection of
Oriental Rugs
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