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Furnishing textile
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About this work
This large, woven silk panel was woven by men in a workshop. It is a furnishing textile, used in the home as a wall hanging or perhaps as a curtain over a doorway or entrance.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFurnishing textile, 1600s–1700s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver(s). Silk, dye; average: 151.5 x 78.8 cm (59 5/8 x 31 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.321