Provenance
Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from 1912 [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron, Berlin then Durham, SC, and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 1955.
Accession Number
85175
Medium
Cotton and wool, double doevtailed tapestry weave with eccentric wefts and wrapping outlining wefts edged with cotton, plain weave
Dimensions
a: 36.8 × 27.9 cm (14 1/2 × 11 in.); b: 19.1 × 33.7 cm (7 1/2 × 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
