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Source Description
This exceptionally fine, diaphanous silk turban cover represents the highest quality professional embroidery. Shiny gilt- and silver-metal thread and at least ten colors of silk thread—including newly fashionable pastel tones—create three-dimensional blossoms in the central roundel and multicolored cornucopias on the lavender silk ground. In Turkey, square cloths embroidered with one or two concentric circles in the center of floral fields were generally used to cover stored turbans, a function well served by this elegant cover with weighted golden borders.
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95793
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Turban cover
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95793
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object
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Turban cover
description
This exceptionally fine, diaphanous silk turban cover represents the highest quality professional embroidery. Shiny gilt- and silver-metal thread and at least ten colors of silk thread—including newly fashionable pastel tones—create three-dimensional blossoms in the central roundel and multicolored cornucopias on the lavender silk ground. In Turkey, square cloths embroidered with one or two concentric circles in the center of floral fields were generally used to cover stored turbans, a function well served by this elegant cover with weighted golden borders.
date
1700s-early 1800s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79478003
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Embroidery
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1
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Average: 109.3 x 109.3 cm (43 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.)
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Turkey
accession
1916.1481
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plain weave: silk; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread
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Turban cover, 1700s-early 1800s. Turkey. Plain weave: silk; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread; average: 109.3 x 109.3 cm (43 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1481
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T - Islamic
citations
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 332-334, fig. 8.50
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:08:58.891000
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95793
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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plain weave: silk; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread
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