Kurdistan Rug
CulturePersian
Date19th century
DimensionsOverall: 37 × 70 inches (93.98 × 177.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Kirkwood Estate
Object number34-312/1
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryNo additional exhibition history known at this time.
Possibly William Rockhill Nelson (1841-1915), Oak Hall, Kansas City, MO, by 1915 [1];
Possibly inherited by his daughter, Laura Nelson Kirkwood (1883-1926), Kansas City, MO, 1915-1926;
Inherited by her husband, Irwin Kirkwood (1878-1927), Kansas City, MO, 1926-1927;
Kirkwood Estate, 1927-1934;
Gift of the Kirkwood Estate to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] This is one of a group of objects that came to the Nelson-Atkins from the family of William Rockhill Nelson, one of the museum’s founders, and may have been in Nelson’s home, Oak Hall.
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