The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 15, 2026

Five horizontally long strips of beige cloth are embroidered with red and black patterns with similar, simplified shapes. Four fragments are about a third of the size of the top one. Repeating abstract flowers made from squares are mirrored on upper and lower bands. The central band is patterned with three alternating geometric shapes. One appears like an abstract peacock, another flowers in a vase.

Five fragments of a furnishing textile

1700s–1800s

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Azemmour, Moroccan embroiderer

Linen, silk, dye
Overall: 21.3 x 74.5 cm (8 3/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1918.41
Location: Not on view
  • Paydar, Niloo Imami, and Ivo Grammet. The Fabric of Moroccan Life. Indianapolis, Ind: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2002. p. 92-95
    Gillow, John. African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. p. 140-141
    Denamur, Isabelle, Pierre Ferbos, and Louise Rogers Lalaurie. Moroccan textile embroidery. Paris: Flammarion, 2003. p. 179, 185, 187-189
    Alaoui, Rachida. Florilège de la broderie marocaine. [Milan]: Skira, 2011. p. 51, 54, 56-57
    Voigt, Markus. "Azemmour embroidered hanging." Hali. issue 201, Autumn 2019. p. 46-7
  • Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 2024-October 12, 2025).
  • {{cite web|title=Five fragments of a furnishing textile|url=false|author=|year=1700s–1800s|access-date=15 September 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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