The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Rectangular, slightly yellowed, cotton white textile fragment embroidered with a central band of dark blue geometric shapes. Symmetrical snowflake-like shapes radiate out in rows, divided by strips of zig-zags. At the outer edge, the snowflake-like shapes sprout into tree-like edges. A seam horizontally across the center appears like two pieces of cloth have been joined together, mirrored across the seam.

Fragment of a furnishing textile

early 1900s

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Fes, Moroccan embroiderer

Cotton, silk, dye
Overall: 36.2 x 45.7 cm (14 1/4 x 18 in.)
Gift of Mrs. John W. Seaver 1930.139
Location: Not on view
  • Denamur, Isabelle, Pierre Ferbos, and Louise Rogers Lalaurie. Moroccan textile embroidery. Paris: Flammarion, 2003. p. 92, 101
  • 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=early 1900s|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1930.139