Embroidered Cover or Curtain (17th-18th century): Art, History and Details

Embroidered Cover or Curtain (17th-18th century) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This exuberant pattern of spiraling roundels enlivens a ground of isolated vegetation, despite disintegrated dark brown–black silk thread outlines. Professional draftsmen would have drawn the pattern in ink on the reverse side of several loosely attached, plain linen cloths. They were separated for embroiderers to follow and then reassembled; frequently, the designs do not match perfectly at the seams.

Object facts

• Title: Embroidered Cover or Curtain
• Date: 17th-18th century
• Culture: Turkey, 17th-18th century
• Type: Embroidery
• Technique: embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground
• Dimensions: Average: 201.3 x 140.3 cm (79 1/4 x 55 1/4 in.)
• Collection: T - Islamic
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1916.1301

Collection credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

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