Garment or furnishing textile (early 1900s): Art, History and Details
Garment or furnishing textile at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1900s, Linen, silk, metal, dye. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Garment or furnishing textile (early 1900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Artistic trends and fashions circulated widely during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The embroidered floral borders and delicate trim on this woven linen textile resembles those made across the Ottoman Empire's territories in the eastern Mediterranean. At this time, Tunisia was ruled by the Husaynid dynasty, which was loosely affiliated with the Ottoman court.
Object facts
- Title: Garment or furnishing textile
- Date: early 1900s
- Culture: Africa, North Africa, Tunisia, Tunisian embroiderer
- Type: Embroidery
- Technique: Linen, silk, metal, dye
- Dimensions: Average: 132.7 x 54 cm (52 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1916.1223
Collection credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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