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Panel for a Headdress
1700–1900
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This Russian embroidered panel was used to embellish a headdress. Textiles of this type are valuable for their embroidery depicting ancient folk motifs, ritual significance, exemplification of the role of textiles in Russian society, and connection to a prominent woman collector, Natalia de Shabelsky, without whom this textile and others like it might have been lost.
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- Title: Panel for a Headdress
- Date Created: 1700–1900
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 10.5 x 16.2 cm (4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Collection of Natalia Leonidovna Shabelsky, Moscow, Russia (1841-1904/5), by inheritance to her daughters, Princess Alexandre Sidamon-Eristoff and Mlle. N. de Chabelskoy, sold through B.M. Pushkin, (Count B. M. Pushkin, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. deaccessioned and sold to Charla Coatoam, Charla Coatoam, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Embroidery
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.75
- Medium: Linen: plain weave; silk: embroidery
- Fun Fact: Embroidery was a common tradition in many cultures because it displayed the skill of the mother or daughter who stitched the embroidery.
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Russia, Tambov province
- Credit Line: Gift of Charla Coatoam
- Collection: Textiles
- Accession Number: 1931.75
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