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Wearing Cloth

Unknown artist, 1900–1950

2.03 m × 95 cm

Taller than a doorway. Stood on end it is 1.2 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 95 cm
Width: 2.03 m
Medium: tabby weave; silk brocaded with silk and metallic threads
Kind: Textile
Made in: Indonesia, Sumatra, Palembang, 1st half 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: 203.2 x 94.6 cm (80 x 37 1/4 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 95 cm × 2.03 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Brown

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

How big is it?: 2.03 m × 95 cm. Taller than a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1900–1950. 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. Frank E. Brown.
How was it made?: Tabby weave; silk brocaded with silk and metallic threads, made in Indonesia, Sumatra, Palembang, 1st half 20th century, Indonesia, Sumatra, Palembang, 1st half 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.