id:			95493
accession number:	1916.1229
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1229
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:08.512000

Two Parts of a Curtain, 1700s. Algeria. Silk, gold, and silver on linen; embroidery; 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:				Two Parts of a Curtain
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Algeria
technique:	Silk, gold, and silver on linen; embroidery
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

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
During the 1700s, stunning large embroidered door curtains such as these hung across doorways onto interior courtyards of multistoried residences. Light entered through their loosely woven linen ground while the reversible embroidered decoration provided beauty and privacy. Such curtains have three embroidered widths, the third missing here, joined by colorful plain silk ribbons flanking a French floral ribbon in the center.
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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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IMAGES

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