id:			95793
accession number:	1916.1481
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1481
updated:		2020-04-03 09:00:07.290000

Turban cover, 1700s-early 1800s. Turkey. Plain weave: silk; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread; average: 109.3 x 109.3 cm (43 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1481

title:				Turban cover
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creation date:			1700s-early 1800s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1815
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Turkey
technique:	plain weave: silk; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Average: 109.3 x 109.3 cm (43 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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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This exceptionally fine, diaphanous silk turban cover represents the highest quality professional embroidery. Shiny gilt- and silver-metal thread and at least ten colors of silk thread—including newly fashionable pastel tones—create three-dimensional blossoms in the central roundel and multicolored cornucopias on the lavender silk ground. In Turkey, square cloths embroidered with one or two concentric circles in the center of floral fields were generally used to cover stored turbans, a function well served by this elegant cover with weighted golden borders.
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