Veil or Head Cover
1894
Scroll
Veil or Head Cover
1894
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
Large square transparent red silk veil brocaded in silver and gold. The central 8-pointed medallion is of gold with silver outlining each point or petal and central roundel, and forming the flame-like borders and stylized lotus blossom at points. Field covered with gold brocaded butas in mirror-image brick repeat. Bordered with chevron and herringbone patterns. Drawn work and short fringe on top and bottom. Selvages on two sides. Narrow woven bands of black or dark green on both sides of outer metallic borders.
Loosely woven plain weave ground with metallic-covered silk brocading wefts which do not continue from selvage to selvage but are woven back and forth within the pattern area. Supplemental wefts appear to be woven in pairs. Warp is silk, 75 threads/inch in red, and also black or dk green in the outer border. Main weft is silk in red, and also black or dk. green in the outer border. Secondary threads are silver and gold alloy strips wrapped around a yellow silk core.
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.
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.
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