Veil or Head Cover

c. 1900

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Veil or Head Cover

c. 1900

Physical Qualities Silk, metallic brocading threads (silver and gold alloy strips wrapped around a silk core)., 61 3/4 x 60 1/2 in. (156.9 x 153.7 cm.)

Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland

Object Number 1950.1986.28

Silk veils were among the many exotic textiles collected by the Cone sisters and often used around their household. This one is still in good condition, having been spared use as a lampshade, the fate of some others.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1950; from Etta Cone, Baltimore

Anita Jones, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Textiles from the Cone Collection," Sept 2 - Nov 23, 1986, no catalogue.

On rotation in Cone Wing Gallery for 6 months after reopening; June 2003.

Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Ornamental Art of India," January 30-May 18, 2008.

Karen Levitov and Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May - 25 September 2011, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012 - 10 February 2013.

Levitov, Karen. "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, p. 78.