Fragment of a Bed Curtain

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Bed Curtain

Date
1700s
Medium
Silk on linen tabby ground, embroidery
Culture
Greece, Crete, 18th century
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
108505

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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?

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?–1926: (Alan J. B. Wace, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1926–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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