Furnishing textile

Description

This textile is woven using undyed linen in a technique called a tabby weave. The artist then used red, blue, white, and ochre yellow silk threads to create embroidered floral borders and designs in each corner, topped with several birds. The style of these motifs also strongly resembles Turkish embroideries made in this period.

Provenance

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Furnishing textile

Algerian Embroiderer

1800s

Accession Number

1916.1225

Medium

Linen, silk, dye

Dimensions

Overall: 100.3 x 83.2 cm (39 1/2 x 32 3/4 in.)

Classification

Embroidery

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade