Kuba Rug

CultureCaucasian

Date1850-1900

MediumWool with wool pile

DimensionsOverall: 44 × 108 inches (111.76 × 274.32 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Kirkwood Estate

Object number34-312/5

On View

Not on view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

Exhibition History

No additional exhibition history known at this time.

Provenance

Mr. Irwin (1878-1927) and Mrs. Laura Nelson Kirkwood (1883-1926), Kansas City, MO, by 1927;

Their bequest to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

Provenance

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.

Published References

No published references known at this time.

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