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Fragment
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Fragment

1800s · Silk, metal, dye

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

This woven fragment features a pattern of eight-pointed stars in various configurations, bordered by alternating black and red vegetal forms. Its fragmentary nature makes it difficult to assess what its original size, or function may have been.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineFragment, 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver. Silk, metal, dye; average: 19 x 11.5 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of H. A. Elsberg, 1929.110

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