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Embroidery Sampler (Chelliga/Shelliga)
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Upon completing their training, professionally trained young women would produce a sampler as a “diploma” testifying to their embroidery skills.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEmbroidery Sampler (Chelliga/Shelliga), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Salé, Moroccan embroiderer. Cotton, silk, dye; average: 81.9 x 79.4 cm (32 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.841
