id:			112517
accession number:	1931.137
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.137
updated:		2025-05-28 11:05:13.537000

Border, c 1800– 1825. Russia, Nizhny-Novgorod province, early 19th century. Plain weave silk (est.) ground with polychrome silk (est.) and metal thread chain stitch embroidery; applied silk (est.) ribbon and metal thread trims; overall: 28 x 93 cm (11 x 36 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1931.137

title:				Border
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creation date:			c 1800– 1825
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1825
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Russia, Nizhny-Novgorod province, early 19th century
technique:	plain weave silk (est.) ground with polychrome silk (est.) and metal thread chain stitch embroidery; applied silk (est.) ribbon and metal thread trims
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 28 x 93 cm (11 x 36 5/8 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.
	page number: 	p. 241-248
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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.
	page number: 	p. 3-11
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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).
	page number: 	p. 26-9
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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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