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DepartmentTextiles-Europe

Head scarf

NameScarf
CultureSerbian Dalmation
Dateca.1910
Place madeKnin, Croatia, Eastern Europe, Europe
MediumCotton
Dimensions35 13/16 × 37 3/8 in. (91 × 95 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald Wixman and Stephen Glaser, A.2015.13.25
Object numberA.2015.13.25
DescriptionThe white cotton almost square machine hemmed cloth is decorated in one corner with satin stiched pink, purple and red flower with contrasting centers. Venining in green leaves. Pink and yellow buds is stem stiched as are orange and purple tendrils. Above flowers are initial T A (?).
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