The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Cotton white rectangular fragment of textile with a band of dark pink, symmetrical geometric patterns running horizontally across the center. Repeated, connected diamond patterns each have an asterisk shape in the center and where their corners intersect. The mirrored upper and lower edges feature zig-zags with radiating triangular points that branch off into vaguely tree branch-like shapes.

Fragment of a furnishing textile

1700s–1800s

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Fes, Moroccan embroiderer

Cotton, silk, dye
Overall: 12.7 x 28.6 cm (5 x 11 1/4 in.)
Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones 1920.1282
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this work, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.
  • ?–1920
    Mrs. Henry White [Myrta Leonora Jones] Cannon [1860–1954], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1920–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Windmuller-Luna, Kristen. "Textile stories from North Africa." HALI 224 (Summer 2025): 54-61. Mentioned: p. 59; Reproduced: p. 58, fig. 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=Fragment of a furnishing textile|url=false|author=|year=1700s–1800s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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