Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
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
Not on view

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Object Type
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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
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Dish
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[Panel]
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Wood
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Steel
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Recto overall view
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18th century
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2022.369
Inscribed Beam
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17th century
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2022.371
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16th–20th century
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12th-13th century
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mid- 19th–19th century
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B.75.56
Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
early 20th century
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B.75.53
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Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
mid- 19th–late 19th century
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