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Prayer Rug
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Prayer Rug

Artist/Maker
Dateca. 1825
MediumWool
DimensionsOverall: 60 × 45 in. (5 × 3.75 ft.)
Credit LineGift of Ernest H. Roberts
Object number1995.24.1
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceBerlin Museum of Art, brought c. 1880 as packing material for the transportation of the Pergamon Altar¹; acquired by Louis Jacoby, Berlin c. 1886²; acquired by Mrs. Gertrude Jacoby, Oberlin, OH³; acquired 1965 by Ursula Stechow, Oberlin, OH; acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Roberts, Elyria, OH; by gift 1995 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: ¹Letter from Mrs. Ursula Stechow [AMAM curatorial file]. ²Employee of the Berlin Museum of Art. ³wife of Meinhard, younger son of Louis Jacoby
Collections
  • Asian
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