The field guide · Named designs, signatures and dates

Provenance

Provenance is the recorded ownership history of a piece. It can include previous owners, sales, dates and locations, supported by documents or other evidence. Many older works have gaps in that record. Naming a weaving region alone does not provide an ownership history.

Also ownership history · collecting history

See also Attribution, Signed rug (signature), Dated rug

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