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Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga)

c. 1700s
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Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan embroiderer

Medium
Cotton, silk, dye
Measurements
Overall: 58.4 x 59.1 cm (23 x 23 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Educational Purchase Fund 1929.831
Public Domain
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Upon completing their training, professionally-trained young women would produce a sampler as a "diploma" testifying to their embroidery skills.

Description

These detailed samplers demonstrate the artist's technical range. Here, floral designs, protective open-palm hand motifs (khamsa) and various patterns are embroidered using double-running stitches, straight stitches, and long-armed cross stitches with dyed silk thread. Young women from all social classes would learn these skills from a master craftswoman (mu'allima), who taught within her home.

Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga)

c. 1700s

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan embroiderer

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