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| Keywords: Turkish - Mirror Cover - Walters 83214 - Detail.jpg In the Turkish houses of old covers like this one were draped around mirrors as decoration during the day and hung over them before sunset there was a superstition that if one looked into a mirror at night one might see the devil's reflection The cover is embroidered with a double running stitch making the decoration visible on both sides of the cloth The floral ornament is inspired by earlier Ottoman glazed ceramics century 18 Ottoman silk embroidery on linen cm 143 8 51 5 accession number 83 214 13249 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Ottoman Embroideries and Other Ornament The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007 place of origin Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Textiles in the Walters Art Museum Art from Turkey Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
