Woman's Headcover or Veil (Ajar)
Hispano-Islamic
1925–1975
- Medium
- Center sides: silk, plain weave with supplementary warps; center: silk, plain weave; center upper and lower thirds: silk, plain weave with two-color supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings; ends: bands of 2:2 twill weave self-patterned by ground weft floats
- Dimensions
- 259 × 61.8 cm (102 × 24 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
animalseuropeangeometricflowersdiamond shapesbirdsarts of AfricaWritingsilk (textile)African TextilestrianglescostumeTextilemedievalweavingplain weaving