Garment or accessory (1800s): Art, History and Details
Garment or accessory at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, Silk, metal, dye, shells, glass, linen?. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Garment or accessory (1800s) 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 densely covered with silk and metal thread embroidery, shells, and glass and metal beads. It has thick red fringes added on all sides. Its substrate (base layer) might be made from linen.
Object facts
- Title: Garment or accessory
- Date: 1800s
- Culture: probably southeastern Europe, Balkans
- Type: Embroidery
- Technique: Silk, metal, dye, shells, glass, linen?
- Dimensions: Average: 76.2 x 25.4 cm (30 x 10 in.)
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1918.42
Collection credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
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