id:			95648
accession number:	1916.1359
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1359
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:09.469000

Bed cover with floral medallion pattern, late 1600s to early 1700s. India, Deccan. Plain weave, quilted: cotton; embroidery, couched laid work: silk and gilt-metal thread; overall: 251.5 x 330.2 cm (99 x 130 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1359

title:				Bed cover with floral medallion pattern
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creation date:			late 1600s to early 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:	India, Deccan
technique:	plain weave, quilted: cotton; embroidery, couched laid work: silk and gilt-metal thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 251.5 x 330.2 cm (99 x 130 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		India's Art
	opening date:   1949-12-02T05:00:00
	<i>India's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1949-January 22, 1950).

	title:		Floral Delight: Textiles from Islamic Lands
	opening date:   2014-07-09T04:00:00
	<i>Floral Delight: Textiles from Islamic Lands</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 9, 2014-May 4, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916–
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The quilted cotton ground of this beautiful floor cover is embroidered with shimmering gilt-metal thread that enriches the central and four corner medallions, numerous imaginary blossoms, and the outer border arcade. Floral vines bearing colorful blossoms on a graduated scale enliven the field while padded silver-metal thread, laid over floss silk and secured with couching stitches, forms the vines, floral outlines, and small petals. Robust flora in the main border flows around the perfectly turned corners, a sign of high quality. Such large covers were placed on the dais under a throne and used as floor covers on royal occasions. In addition, Portuguese traders who introduced couched metal-thread embroidery to India shipped such embroideries by the 1700s via Goa to Portugal where they were used as coverlets.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 431, fig. 10.21
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