Cover (Bohça)

CultureTurkish
Titles
  • Cover (Bohça)
Dateearly 19th century
MediumWool; embroidered with silk with silver and silver-gilt lamella couched over cotton
DimensionsOverall: 48 5/8 × 46 1/2 in. (123.5 × 118.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Guild in honor of their 40th Anniversary
Object number2020.55
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAcquired by Francesca Galloway from an American textile collector?, who acquired it in 1994 from Francesca Galloway.
Collection of Konrad Bernheimer of Munich, prior to 1993.

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