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{
    "localId": "97196",
    "label": "Mirror cover (tensifa)",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "97196",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Mirror cover (tensifa)",
    "description": "Special embroidered textiles were used by newylwed Moroccan couples to cover the mirror in their home. This was done to protect them from the evil eye and unfavorable gazes.",
    "date": "1700s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.830",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79481339"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Embroidery"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.830/1916.830_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 333.9 x 56.6 cm (131 7/16 x 22 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Tétouan, Moroccan embroiderer"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.83"
}

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    "tec": "Linen, silk, dye",
    "tombstone": "Mirror cover (tensifa), 1700s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Tétouan, Moroccan embroiderer. Linen, silk, dye; overall: 333.9 x 56.6 cm (131 7/16 x 22 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.830",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "didYouKnow": "Satin stitch is used to produce the broad, smooth surface of the floral patterns seen here.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Stone, Caroline. <em>The Embroideries of North Africa</em>. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985.",
            "page_number": "p. 73"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Paydar, Niloo Imami, and Ivo Grammet. <em>The Fabric of Moroccan Life</em>. Indianapolis, Ind: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2002.",
            "page_number": "p. 68"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Denamur, Isabelle, Pierre Ferbos, and Louise Rogers Lalaurie. <em>Moroccan textile embroidery</em>. Paris: Flammarion, 2003.",
            "page_number": "p. 58-59"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Alaoui, Rachida. F<em>lorilège de la broderie marocaine</em>. [Milan]: Skira, 2011.",
            "page_number": "p. 48"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Meek, Rachel. \"Outfit for the Royal Guard, Siam Mirror Cover, Morocco.\" <em>HALI </em>224 (Summer 2025): 28-29.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 29, fig 2"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Meek, Rachel. \"Outfit for the royal guard, Siam; Mirror cover, Morocco.\" <em>The Hali Antique Carpet and Textile Art Fair</em>, vol.224 (Summer 2025), pp. 28–29",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 29"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.830",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:14:27.158000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.830/1916.830_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 97196,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "Linen, silk, dye",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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