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Silk Veil

Unknown artist, 1800s - early 1900s

1.96 m × 47 cm

Almost as tall as a doorway. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 47 cm
Width: 1.96 m
Medium: tritik (stitch resist); silk
Kind: Textile
Made in: India, 19th - 20th century
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 196.2 x 47 cm (77 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 47 cm × 1.96 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 1.96 m × 47 cm. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1800s - early 1900s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade.
How was it made?: Tritik (stitch resist); silk, made in India, 19th - 20th century, India, 19th - 20th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.