Wrap or Shoulder Cloth (Selimut)

Provenance

Doug Dawson, Casa Del Rio Gallery, Chicago, by 1985; sold to private collection, MI, Mar. 2, 1985 [according to statement from private collection, MI, May 28, 2020; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.

Wrap or Shoulder Cloth (Selimut)

Atoni

Early/mid-20th century

Accession Number

267034

Medium

Cotton; stripes of warp-faced plain weave; paired warps; plied and twisted extending warp fringe width knotted ends; two panels joined; finished with chain binding stitch at header and footer; four selvage present

Dimensions

182.9 × 87 cm (72 × 34 1/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Anonymous gift