id:			95493
accession number:	1916.1229
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1229
updated:		2025-08-07 18:13:17.091000

Curtain panel (sitara), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian weaver and embroiderer. Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye; overall: 295.3 x 135.9 cm (116 1/4 x 53 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1229

title:				Curtain panel (sitara)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian weaver and embroiderer
technique:	Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 295.3 x 135.9 cm (116 1/4 x 53 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2015-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Embroideries from the J.H. Wade Collection, November 1–December 5, 1928. Cleveland Museum of Art', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Victoria and Albert Museum, and A. J. B. Wace. <em>Catalogue of Algerian Embroideries</em>. London: Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1935.
	page number: 	plate 2., no. 5
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	Stone, Caroline. T<em>he Embroideries of North Africa</em>. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985.
	page number: 	p. 88-89, 99,inside front cover
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