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Source Description
This beautiful kerchief, worn wrapped around the head, was part of elegant bathing equipment that well-to-do women wore while relaxing in a hammam after bathing. The floral and foliate embroidery reflect a fashion that lasted for more than a century. This example is dominated by lavish, radiating gold and silver thread.
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Document identity
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95503
label
Kerchief (tensifa)
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object
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1
Source metadata
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95503
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object
title
Kerchief (tensifa)
description
This beautiful kerchief, worn wrapped around the head, was part of elegant bathing equipment that well-to-do women wore while relaxing in a hammam after bathing. The floral and foliate embroidery reflect a fashion that lasted for more than a century. This example is dominated by lavish, radiating gold and silver thread.
date
1700–1899
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79477081
genreSpecific
Embroidery
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 241.9 x 39.4 cm (95 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
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Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian embroiderer
accession
1916.1238
Source extras
tec
Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye
tombstone
Kerchief (tensifa), 1700–1899. Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian embroiderer. Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye; overall: 241.9 x 39.4 cm (95 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.1238
collection
T - Islamic
didYouKnow
Tiny traces of graphite on this textile show us how the artist carefully outlined the design to be embroidered.
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 1, no. 16
creditline
Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:07:29.110000
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95503
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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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0
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photo
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