Fez (early 1900s): Art, History and Details
Fez at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1900s, Silk, metal threads, dye. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Fez (early 1900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This textile is made of plain weave silk, and embroidered with dyed silk threads and flat, metal strips that pass through both layers of this cloth. The textile is reversible (save for some details on the rosettes). Its form is unusual, but resembles a hanging (note the small loops along the top edge) or doorway partition, with its three flaps suitable to let a breeze pass through. The pattern of broad rosettes is widespread across the Mediterranean in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Object facts
- Title: Fez
- Date: early 1900s
- Culture: Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian embroiderer
- Type: Embroidery
- Technique: Silk, metal threads, dye
- Dimensions: Overall: 78.7 x 38.4 cm (31 x 15 1/8 in.)
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1916.1224
Collection credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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