The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 25, 2025
Furnishing textile
1800s
Overall: 46.7 x 88.9 cm (18 3/8 x 35 in.)
Gift of Selma V. Sullivan 1939.451
Location: Not on view
Description
This densely embroidered textile was possibly used as a pillow cover. The elongated motifs have been interpreted by scholars as trees, storks, or minarets (tall towers of a mosque). The use of these motifs is sometimes referred to as the "Old Salé" style, named for the city in which it was made.- Stone, Caroline. The Embroideries of North Africa. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985. p. 66
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.451