The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Fragment of a furnishing textile

1600s–1700s

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Chefchaouen, Moroccan embroiderer

Linen, silk, dye
Overall: 48.9 x 33 cm (19 1/4 x 13 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1918.43
Location: Not on view

Description

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.
  • ?–1916
    Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Stone, Caroline. The Embroideries of North Africa. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985. p. 18
    Denamur, Isabelle, Pierre Ferbos, and Louise Rogers Lalaurie. Moroccan textile embroidery. Paris: Flammarion, 2003. pp. 90–91
    Alaoui, Rachida. Florilège de la broderie marocaine. [Milan]: Skira, 2011. p. 172
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a furnishing textile|url=false|author=|year=1600s–1700s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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