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Embroidered Sash (Uckur)
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About this work
Each end of the sash is embroidered with a single motif of large-scale flowering plants. Below the main motif is a stylized foliate device forming a narrow border.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEmbroidered Sash (Uckur), 1700s. Turkey. Embroidery: silk and silver filé on linen tabby ground; average: 200 x 26.2 cm (78 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Harold North Fowler Collection, 1956.679
