Garment or accessory
1800–1899
- Medium
- Silk, metal, dye, shells, glass, linen?
- Dimensions
- Average: 76.2 x 25.4 cm (30 x 10 in.)
- Genre
- embroidery
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
probably southeastern Europe, Balkans
About
This textile is densely covered with silk and metal thread embroidery, shells, and glass and metal beads. It has thick red fringes added on all sides. Its substrate (base layer) might be made from linen.