The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 28, 2023

Fragment of a Bed Curtain

1700s

Greece, Crete, 18th century

Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground

Overall: 36.5 x 40 cm (14 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.215

Location

not on view

Description

This fragment of a bed curtain is covered with flowering vase forms with fantastic flowers and leaves. Can you find the birds, animals and snakes scattered among the foliage?

Provenance
?–1926
(Alan J. B. Wace, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1926–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Greek Island Embroideries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 30-June 7, 1966).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.215