Fragment of a furnishing textile

possibly 1700s or 1800s Overall: 27.9 x 80.6 cm (11 x 31 3/4 in.) Source image
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Small bands like this decorated furnishings. They are distinctive to Azemmour, Morocco, where Jewish women embroidered them at home. This band’s red designs are floral and geometric; the scrolls may be abstracted dragons. Its Renaissance-era motifs reflect centuries of cross-M...

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