id: 95502 accession number: 1916.1237 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1237 updated: 2023-08-23 18:06:19.865000 Headkerchief, 1700s. Algeria. Silk on linen tabby ground; embroidery; overall: 260.4 x 40.6 cm (102 1/2 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1237 title: Headkerchief title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1700s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Algeria technique: Silk on linen tabby ground; embroidery department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 260.4 x 40.6 cm (102 1/2 x 16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Islamic art rotation opening date: 2015-12-16T05:00:00 Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This beautiful kerchief, worn wrapped around the head, was part of elegant bathing equipment that well-to-do women wore while relaxing in a hammam after bathing. The floral and foliate embroidery reflect a fashion that lasted for more than a century. This example is dominated by brilliant crimson and blue silk stitches. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Victoria and Albert Museum, and A. J. B. Wace. Catalogue of Algerian Embroideries. London: Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1935. page number: plate 6, no. 15 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1237/1916.1237_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1237/1916.1237_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1237/1916.1237_full.tif