Lion with Palms (Rug)

Provenance

Elizabeth Vaughan (born Tyson, 1871–1949), South Berwick, ME, and Sherborn, MA, by 1949 [incoming receipt R9946, Jan. 11, 1950; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.

Lion with Palms (Rug)

Ebenezer Ross

1890/1900

Accession Number

71710

Medium

Jute, plain weave with wool and cotton yarns, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton, twill weave

Dimensions

152.8 × 77.3 cm (60 1/8 × 30 3/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan