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During the 1700s, stunning large embroidered door curtains such as these hung across doorways onto interior courtyards of multistoried residences. Light entered through their loosely woven linen ground while the reversible embroidered decoration provided beauty and privacy. Such curtains have three embroidered widths, the third missing here, joined by colorful plain silk ribbons flanking a French floral ribbon in the center.
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Document identity
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95493
label
Curtain panel (sitara)
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object
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1
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95493
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object
title
Curtain panel (sitara)
description
During the 1700s, stunning large embroidered door curtains such as these hung across doorways onto interior courtyards of multistoried residences. Light entered through their loosely woven linen ground while the reversible embroidered decoration provided beauty and privacy. Such curtains have three embroidered widths, the third missing here, joined by colorful plain silk ribbons flanking a French floral ribbon in the center.
date
1800s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79477050
genreSpecific
Embroidery
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 295.3 x 135.9 cm (116 1/4 x 53 1/2 in.)
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Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian weaver and embroiderer
accession
1916.1229
Source extras
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Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye
tombstone
Curtain panel (sitara), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian weaver and embroiderer. Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye; overall: 295.3 x 135.9 cm (116 1/4 x 53 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1229
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T - Islamic
citations
citation
Victoria and Albert Museum, and A. J. B. Wace. <em>Catalogue of Algerian Embroideries</em>. London: Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1935.
page_number
plate 2., no. 5
citation
Stone, Caroline. T<em>he Embroideries of North Africa</em>. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985.
page_number
p. 88-89, 99,inside front cover
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:07:27.688000
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95493
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye
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1
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photo
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