Fragment of a furnishing textile (1600s–1700s): Art, History and Details

Fragment of a furnishing textile (1600s–1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This fragment strongly resembles a component of furnishing textiles produced in the city of Chefchaouen, Morocco. While this is a cut fragment, the full textile would consist of several embroidered panels.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment of a furnishing textile
• Date: 1600s–1700s
• Culture: Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Chefchaouen, Moroccan embroiderer
• Type: Embroidery
• Technique: Linen, silk, dye
• Dimensions: Overall: 48.9 x 33 cm (19 1/4 x 13 in.)
• Collection: T - Islamic
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1918.43

Collection credit

Gift of J. H. Wade

Further reading listed by the museum

• Stone, Caroline. The Embroideries of North Africa. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985.
• Denamur, Isabelle, Pierre Ferbos, and Louise Rogers Lalaurie. Moroccan textile embroidery. Paris: Flammarion, 2003.
• Alaoui, Rachida. Florilège de la broderie marocaine. [Milan]: Skira, 2011.

View the collection record

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