Mirror Cover
In the Turkish houses of old, covers like this one were draped around mirrors as decoration during the day and hung over them before sunset: there was a superstition that if one looked into a mirror at night, one might see the devil's reflection. The cover is embroidered with...
Images (3)
Artifact
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id
13249
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
3
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.214_Det_DD_T07.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.214_Det_DD_T07.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.214_Det_DD_T07.jpg |
| imageCount | 3 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.214 |
Terms
Medium
silk embroidery on linen