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Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Embroidery sampler

Embroidery sampler

1800s
plain weave: cotton; embroidery, reversible cross-stitch: silk
Average: 81.9 x 79.4 cm (32 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.841
Location: not on view
  • 1929
    (Sotheby's London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1929–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Stone, Caroline. The Embroideries of North Africa. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985. p. 69, 90
    Paydar, Niloo Imami, and Ivo Grammet. The Fabric of Moroccan Life. Indianapolis, Ind: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2002. p. 72, 79
    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. 86-87
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