Cleveland Museum of Art

Wedding Veil

Date

1800s

Medium

silk, cotton, embroidery

Culture

Tajikistan, Tajik tribe, 19th century

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Brides traditionally concealed their faces during their weddings and afterward as newly married women and on special occasions. This elaborate type, which includes a cotton netting rectangle that permitted vision, was only worn by Tajik Turkmen. The decoration features motifs that can be interpreted as birds or palmette leaves in a style that characterizes early Islamic art and that may have originated in Iran.

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