Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The Circus: horizontal panel with three naturalistic scenes framed in arches. The largest scene shows a large standing elephant with a trainer wearing a red coat and a small rearing elephant. The small panel on the left shows a standing bearded figure wearing a red cloak and in the small panel on the right a standing man wearing an animal skin. Colors in shades of brown, tan, red and yellow (faded).
Credit Line
Gift of Harvey Smith
Date
late 19th century
Accession Number
1968-135-88
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
woven textiles
Carpet
Medium
Medium: cotton, bast, fiber, wool Technique: printed on supplementary warp cut pile
Dimensions
H x W: 67.5 × 154 cm (26 9/16 × 60 5/8 in.)
made in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1968-135-88