The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 24, 2025
Fragment of a furnishing textile
1800s
Overall: 22.2 x 45.1 cm (8 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.422
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
This textile was purchased in 1933 from the "A Century of Progress International Exposition," better known as the Chicago World's Fair.Description
The dense blue embroidery on this fragment is associated with the city of Fes, and was likely part of a larger textile used to decorate the interior of a Moroccan home. It might have been used as a cover for a pillow or low sofas lining the walls of a sitting room. Historically, some of these textiles were described as "Aleuj" (a pejorative term loosely translating to 'convert') and thought to be made by Circassian women from the Caucasus region in western Asia.- Denamur, Isabelle, Pierre Ferbos, and Louise Rogers Lalaurie. Moroccan textile embroidery. Paris: Flammarion, 2003. p. 92-123
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1933.422