The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Headkerchief

Headkerchief

1700s
Overall: 260.4 x 40.6 cm (102 1/2 x 16 in.)
Location: not on view

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 brilliant crimson and blue silk stitches.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, and A. J. B. Wace. Catalogue of Algerian Embroideries. London: Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1935. plate 6, no. 15
  • Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1237