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Author Unknown
Publication Place Morocco (made) Fez (made) -
Subject Embroidery Africa
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Library: Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID T.221-1929
Record ID T.221-1929
Library Location Middle East Section
Notes Embroidered silk on cotton in red-violet; Morocco (Aleuj); 1800s
Malzemeler ve teknikler Silk embroidery on cotton Silk Thread Cotton (Textile) Embroidered
Fiziksel açıklama Red-violet silk embroidery on cotton, with brick stitch (worked in diagonal rows as in the Hungarian point-stitch) and herringbone stitch. There is a wide band of a series of truncated triangles set alternately top and bottom, producing a zig-zag design. The triangles, and the bands which separate them, are occupied by conventional starry patterns. Along the upper edge is a border of conventional plant devices.
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Border

Author Unknown
Publication Place Morocco (made) Fez (made) -
Subject Embroidery Africa
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Library Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID T.221-1929
Record ID T.221-1929
Library Location Middle East Section
Notes Embroidered silk on cotton in red-violet; Morocco (Aleuj); 1800s
Malzemeler ve teknikler Silk embroidery on cotton Silk Thread Cotton (Textile) Embroidered
Fiziksel açıklama Red-violet silk embroidery on cotton, with brick stitch (worked in diagonal rows as in the Hungarian point-stitch) and herringbone stitch. There is a wide band of a series of truncated triangles set alternately top and bottom, producing a zig-zag design. The triangles, and the bands which separate them, are occupied by conventional starry patterns. Along the upper edge is a border of conventional plant devices.
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