Broussa
CultureTurkish
Date1550-1600
MediumVelvet
DimensionsOverall: 30 × 22 3/4 inches (76.2 × 57.79 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-22/7
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryPersian Art Exhibition, Park College, Parkville, MO, 1948.
With Edgar Louis Ashley (1880–1960), Foxborough, MA and Mount Dora, FL, by 1932 [1];
Purchased from Ashely by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
[1] Edgar Ashley was trained as an educator and worked for the Massachusetts state college system. According to federal immigration records, Ashley applied for seven passport applications for extended trips abroad to Europe. By the 1930 census, Ashley was working for himself as a merchant of antiques, an occupation he continued until his death in 1960.
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