id: 95521 accession number: 1916.1254 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1254 updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:12.658000 Embroidered head scarf, 1800s. Turkey. Plain weave: linen; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt-metal strips and thread; overall: 92 x 92.5 cm (36 1/4 x 36 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1254 title: Embroidered head scarf title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1800s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Turkey technique: plain weave: linen; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt-metal strips and thread department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 92 x 92.5 cm (36 1/4 x 36 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Floral Delight: Textiles from Islamic Lands opening date: 2014-07-09T04:00:00 Floral Delight: Textiles from Islamic Lands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 9, 2014-May 4, 2015). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1916 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1916– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 333-334, fig. 8.51 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1254/1916.1254_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1254/1916.1254_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1254/1916.1254_full.tif