id: 95793 accession number: 1916.1481 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1481 updated: 2022-05-24 09:01:02.573000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1700s-early 1800s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1815 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Turkey technique: plain weave: silk; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Average: 109.3 x 109.3 cm (43 1/16 x 43 1/16 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 --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1481/1916.1481_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1481/1916.1481_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1481/1916.1481_full.tif