Storage bag face Cuval

Object Details

• Provenance

  ?-1985

  Franz Bausback Teppichantiquitäten, Mannheim, Germany, acquired from unidentified source [1]

  1985-2022

  Richard Isaacson, purchased from Peter Bausback of Franz Bausback Teppichantiquitäten, Mannheim, Germany, in June 1985 [2]

  From 2022

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Richard Isaacson [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See letter between Mr. Isaacson and Franz Bausback dated June 12, 1985, where Mr. Bausback states, "As we were told by its former owners the piece came from Vienna, where it was purchased around the middle or end of the last century."

  Copy in object file.

  [2] Franz Bausback Teppichantiquitäten, now known as Bausback Company, is a company that specializes in the sale and restoration of fine adn antique carpets, located in Mannheim, Germany, and operating since 1925.

  See invoice dated June 11, 1985, copy in object file.

  [3] See Deed of Gift signed January 26, 2022, copy in object file.

  Research Completed on February 4, 2022

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  From the Amu Darya to the Potomac: Central Asian Bags from Area Collections (September 7, 2001 to February 24, 2002)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Richard Isaacson

• Origin

  Uzbekistan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Richard Isaacson

• Type

  Costume and Textile

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1820s

• Name

  Isaacson, Richard

• Place

  Uzbekistan

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Costume, Textiles