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Source Description
This cloth may have functioned as a towel. On one end, there are two panels of lace work surrounded by pink silk ribbon. Within each panel are two women flanking a stylized peacock. A smaller bird flies near the head of the woman on the right side of each panel.
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Document identity
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102489
label
Cloth with Border of Female Figures and Peacocks
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object
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Source metadata
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102489
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object
title
Cloth with Border of Female Figures and Peacocks
description
This cloth may have functioned as a towel. On one end, there are two panels of lace work surrounded by pink silk ribbon. Within each panel are two women flanking a stylized peacock. A smaller bird flies near the head of the woman on the right side of each panel.
date
1700s–1800s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79501798
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Lace
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 89.8 x 95.2 cm (35 3/8 x 37 1/2 in.)
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Russia
accession
1921.1134
Source extras
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Linen: needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, (tape lace) edging; applied silk (est.) ribbon
tombstone
Cloth with Border of Female Figures and Peacocks, 1700s–1800s. Russia. Linen: needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, (tape lace) edging; applied silk (est.) ribbon; overall: 89.8 x 95.2 cm (35 3/8 x 37 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.1134
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T - Lace
didYouKnow
Handmade lace for marriage dowries was produced at large quantities in Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:31:56.844000
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102489
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Linen: needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, (tape lace) edging; applied silk (est.) ribbon
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