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Piece made from a bed cover
Moroccan
19th century
Object Place: Morocco
Medium/Technique
Linen, embroidery
Dimensions
31 x 127.5 cm (12 3/16 x 50 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number59.435
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionMoroccan, 19th Century piece, made up of a bed cover. Natural linen ground, almost entirely covered with ornament executed in herringbone stitch with polyschorme silks. yellow ground; end pieces show conventional blossoms and leaves in red, blue, green, violet, beige and white, outlined in black. Stained and patched. Beige silks missing in several areas.