id:			144672
accession number:	1969.295
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.295
updated:		2025-08-07 23:02:26.036000
Bedspread, 1600s–1700s. India, Goa. Silk on cotton; embroidery; overall: 271.7 x 223.5 cm (106 15/16 x 88 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.295
title:				Bedspread
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creation date:			1600s–1700s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	India, Goa
technique:	Silk on cotton; embroidery
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 271.7 x 223.5 cm (106 15/16 x 88 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
	Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895–1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
	“Annual Report for 1969.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 6 (June 1970): 163–193.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 177.
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152335
	Lubell, Cecil. Textile Collections of the World. London: Studio Vista, 1976.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 27
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	Karl, Barbara. Embroidered Histories: Indian Textiles for the Portuguese Market During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Wien: Böhlau Verlag, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 116; Mentioned: no. 8, pp. 149–155, 297
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