The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Bedspread

1600s–1700s

India, Goa

Silk on cotton; embroidery
Overall: 271.7 x 223.5 cm (106 15/16 x 88 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1969.295
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The design features biblical scenes with Indian mythological characters and Portuguese-costumed figures embroidered in chain stitch.
  • ?–1969
    Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895–1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1969–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Annual Report for 1969.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 6 (June 1970): 163–193. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 177. www.jstor.org
    Lubell, Cecil. Textile Collections of the World. London: Studio Vista, 1976. Reproduced: p. 27
    Karl, Barbara. Embroidered Histories: Indian Textiles for the Portuguese Market During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Wien: Böhlau Verlag, 2016. Reproduced: p. 116; Mentioned: no. 8, pp. 149–155, 297
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.295