Embroidered Table Cover (1700s–1800s): Art, History and Details
Embroidered Table Cover at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1700s–1800s, Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby ground; embroidery. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Embroidered Table Cover (1700s–1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This embroidered table cover has a central medallion containing geometric motifs, which resemble closely clustered tents and trees. This is surrounded on all sides by individual tents and trees.
Object facts
- Title: Embroidered Table Cover
- Date: 1700s–1800s
- Culture: Turkey
- Type: Embroidery
- Technique: Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby ground; embroidery
- Dimensions: Average: 102.2 x 97.2 cm (40 1/4 x 38 1/4 in.)
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1916.1230
Collection credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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