id:			112483
accession number:	1931.109
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Towel End, 18th-19th century. Russia, Tver province, 18th- 19th century. Cotton or linen (est.) straight (continuous) bobbin lace; ground with interspersed motifs of plant and animal forms in plain weave outlined with metal thread; applied silk (est.) ribbons; overall: 32.5 x 48.5 cm (12 13/16 x 19 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1931.109

title:				Towel End
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creation date:			18th-19th century
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1900
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Russia, Tver province, 18th- 19th century
technique:	cotton or linen (est.) straight (continuous) bobbin lace; ground with interspersed motifs of plant and animal forms in plain weave outlined with metal thread; applied silk (est.) ribbons
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Lace
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measurements: Overall: 32.5 x 48.5 cm (12 13/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Collection of Natalia Leonidovna Shabelsky, Moscow, Russia (1841-1904/5), by inheritance to her daughters
	date: -1904/5
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	Princess Alexandre Sidamon-Eristoff and Mlle. N. de Chabelskoy, sold through B.M. Pushkin
	date: 1904/5-1931
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	Count B. M. Pushkin sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1931
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
	date: 1931-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pushkin, B. M, B. M Pushkin, N. de Shabelsky, and N. de Shabelsky. <em>Exhibition of National Russian Art, 17th, 18th and Early 19th Centuries: Peasant Embroideries, Costumes, Headdresses, Hand-Woven Materials, Laces, Ikons, Articles of Silver, Copper, Etc.: Shown by Count and Countess B.m.-Pushkin</em>. Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified, 1900.
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	Valance, Aymer. "Russian Peasant Industries." <em>The studio: an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art</em><strong>. </strong>London: Offices of the Studio, 1893-1964. volume 37, 1906.
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	Sidamon-Eristoff, V. P., Princess. <em>Sobranīe russkoĭ stariny Kn. V.P. Sidamon-Ėristovoĭ i N.P. Shabelʹskoĭ: vypusk I-ĭ, vyshivki i kruzheva = Antiquités russes, collection princesse Sidamon-Eristoff et Mlle. N. de Schabelskoi</em>. Moskva, 1910.
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	Holme, Charles, and Studio. <em>Peasant Art in Russia</em>. The Studio, 1912. Special No. London: "The Studio", 1912.
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	Gostelow, Mary. <em>Embroidery of All Russia</em>. New York: Scribner, 1977.
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	Schwoeffermann, Catherine, Peter Klosky, and Merrill Oliver. <em>Goddesses and Their Offspring: 19th and 20th Century Eastern European Embroideries</em>. Binghamton, N.Y.: Roberson Center for the Arts &amp; Sciences, 1986.
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	Efimova, L. V., R. M. Belogorskai︠a︡, and Santina M. Levey. <em>Russian Embroidery and Lace</em>. Translated by A. I. Ilʹf. 1st English-language ed. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1982.
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	Kelly, Mary B. "Embroidery for the Goddess." <em>Threads Magazine</em> 11 (June/July 1987).
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	Kelly, Mary B. <em>Goddess Embroideries of Eastern Europe</em>. Winona, MN: Northland Press of Winona, 1989.
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	Cook, Bridget M. <em>Russian Lace Making</em>. London: Batsford, 1993.
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	Grusman, V. M., Elena Madlevskai︠a︡, and Karina Solovʹeva. <em>Collection Chabelskaya: une Russie fin de siècle: portrait de femmes en costume traditionnel</em>. 2010.
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	Lovings-Gomez, Lauren. “The Lost Narrative of Natalia Shabelsky’s Collection of Russian Textiles.” In <em>Hidden Stories/Human Lives: Proceedings of the Textile Society of America 17th Biennial Symposium</em>, October 15-17, 2020. UNL Commons. Accessed 10/20/2021 from <a href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/">https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/</a>. doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.tsasp.0117
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