Long-pile strip carpet (Julkhyrs)

Object Details

• Previous custodian or owner

  Richard Isaacson

  Cocoon

• Provenance

  ?

  Gypsy picker, Tashkent, Uzbekistan [1]

  To 2003

  Cocoon, Istanbul, Turkey [2]

  From 2015 to 2018

  Richard Isaacson, Arlington, VA, purchased from Cocoon on March 22, 2003 [3]

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Richard Isaacson, Arlington, VA [4]

  Notes:

  [1] Seref Özen, Cocoon, Istanbul, Turkey, told Richard Isaacson that “this piece was purchased in Tashkent from a Gypsy picker and made its way to Istanbul.” See Richard Isaacson Gift Part 1, object file, Collections Management.

  [2] See purchase correspondence, object file, Collections Management.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management.

• Origin

  Samarqand (?), Uzbekistan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Richard Isaacson

• Type

  Costume and Textile

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s, 1870s

• Name

  Isaacson, Richard, Özen, Seref

• Place

  Uzbekistan, Samarqand

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Costume, Textiles