The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Embroidered Sash (Uckur)

1700s

Turkey

embroidery: silk and silver filé on linen tabby ground
Average: 200 x 26.2 cm (78 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
Harold North Fowler Collection 1956.679
Location: Not on view

Description

Each end of the sash is embroidered with a single motif of large-scale flowering plants. Below the main motif is a stylized foliate device forming a narrow border.
  • ?–1956
    Mary B. Fowler [1892–1982], Findlay, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1956–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.679