Cuenca Rug
CultureSpanish
Date17th century
MediumWool
DimensionsOverall: 154 × 186 inches (391.16 × 472.44 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number49-55
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DescriptionRug made for English market. Red ground with palmette and flower motif.ProvenanceProbably by descent to John Bourchier Stracey-Clitherow (1853-1931), Boston House, Brentford, Middlesex, by 1922 [1];
With Symons & Co., London, by March 8, 1924 [2];
Purchased from Symons & Co. by French & Co., New York, stock no. 12851A, March 8, 1924-July 18, 1949 [3];
Purchased from French & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1949.
NOTES:
[1] According to Mitchell Samuels, French & Co., in a letter to Paul Gardner, Director, February 25, 1949, NAMA curatorial files, this rug came from Boston House.
[2] This is probably Henry Symons & Co., a London dealer and collector from whom French & Co. bought other objects.
[3] Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, French & Co. Stock Sheets, box 10, folder 4.
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