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Curtain panel (sitara)

1800s

Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian weaver and embroiderer

Medium
Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye
Measurements
Overall: 295.3 x 135.9 cm (116 1/4 x 53 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1229
Public Domain
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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.

Curtain panel (sitara)

1800s

Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian weaver and embroiderer

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