The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 15, 2026

A horizontally long piece of white linen cloth embroidered with tight rows of red stitches creating a solid background from which white organic shapes emerge, detailed with outlines of shapes in finer red stitches. Lines of swirling patterns divide thin bands of an upper and lower section with mirrored repeating patterns of alternating large and small stylized flowers. The central band features a repeated pattern of a central stalk branching out in five directions.

Fragment of a furnishing textile

1800s

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Azemmour, Moroccan embroiderer

Linen, silk, dye
Overall: 21.3 x 41.6 cm (8 3/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.843
Location: Not on view
  • Alaoui, Rachida. Florilège de la broderie marocaine. [Milan]: Skira, 2011. p. 52-53
    Paydar, Niloo Imami, and Ivo Grammet. The Fabric of Moroccan Life. Indianapolis, Ind: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2002. p. 94-95
  • 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=1800s|access-date=15 September 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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