Curtain panel (sitara)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Curtain panel (sitara)

Date
1800s
Medium
Linen, silk, gold, silver, dye
Culture
Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian weaver and embroiderer
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
95493

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During the 1700s, stunning large embroidered door curtains such as these hung across doorways onto interior courtyards of multistoried residences. Light entered through their loosely woven linen ground while the reversible embroidered decoration provided beauty and privacy. Such curtains have three embroidered widths, the third missing here, joined by colorful plain silk ribbons flanking a French floral ribbon in the center.

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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

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