1927.286: Embroidered Cloth from Azimur
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1927.286
- Title
- Embroidered Cloth from Azimur
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 17th-18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Morocco
- Culture
- Moroccan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/71495
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Long-armed cross and four-sided silk stitch on a cotton ground.
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 67.5 cm (10 7/16 x 26 9/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
- Accession Year
- 1927
- Object Number
- 1927.286
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The Zemmour (Azimur/Morrocco) tradition of embroidery has particular designs which can be also found in south Italian and Balkan embroideries.The principal motifs are the fat bird, the opposed birds set on each side of a fountain, the skirted lady and the heraldic beasts. These embroideries are worked in monochrome silk, with shades of red being the most common. Zemmour work also uses an outlining stitch in black. The stitch used is a small tight stem or seed stitch lay in two directions, making it appear like a small cross stitch. The stitch is sometimes worked very thickly to make a raised surface on the fabric.
Verification Level
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