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Fragment of a furnishing textile
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a furnishing textile, 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Fes, Moroccan embroiderer. Cotton, silk, dye; overall: 22.2 x 45.1 cm (8 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1933.422
