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These detailed samplers demonstrate the artist's technical range. Here, floral designs, protective open-palm hand motifs (<em>khamsa</em>) and various patterns are embroidered using double-running stitches, straight stitches, and long-armed cross stitches with dyed silk thread. Young women from all social classes would learn these skills from a master craftswoman (<em>mu'allima</em>), who taught within her home.
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111325
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Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga)
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111325
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Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga)
description
These detailed samplers demonstrate the artist's technical range. Here, floral designs, protective open-palm hand motifs (<em>khamsa</em>) and various patterns are embroidered using double-running stitches, straight stitches, and long-armed cross stitches with dyed silk thread. Young women from all social classes would learn these skills from a master craftswoman (<em>mu'allima</em>), who taught within her home.
date
c. 1700s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80003345
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Sampler
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 58.4 x 59.1 cm (23 x 23 1/4 in.)
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Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan embroiderer
accession
1929.831
Source extras
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Cotton, silk, dye
tombstone
Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga), c. 1700s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan embroiderer. Cotton, silk, dye; overall: 58.4 x 59.1 cm (23 x 23 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1929.831
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T - Islamic
relatedWorks
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111335
description
Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Salé, Moroccan embroiderer. Cotton, silk, dye; average: 81.9 x 79.4 cm (32 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.841
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111336
description
Embroidery sampler (chelliga/shelliga), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Salé, Moroccan embroiderer. Cotton, silk, dye; overall: 104.1 x 81.3 cm (41 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.842
didYouKnow
Upon completing their training, professionally-trained young women would produce a sampler as a "diploma" testifying to their embroidery skills.
citations
citation
Stone, Caroline. <em>The Embroideries of North Africa</em>. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985.
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p. 69, 90
citation
Paydar, Niloo Imami, and Ivo Grammet. <em>The Fabric of Moroccan Life</em>. Indianapolis, Ind: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2002.
page_number
p. 72, 79
citation
Denamur, Isabelle, Pierre Ferbos, and Louise Rogers Lalaurie. <em>Moroccan textile embroidery</em>. Paris: Flammarion, 2003.
page_number
p. 179, 185, 187-189
citation
Alaoui, Rachida. <em>Florilège de la broderie marocaine</em>. [Milan]: Skira, 2011.
page_number
p. 86-87
creditline
Educational Purchase Fund
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2026-05-29 05:53:33.320000
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111325
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Cotton, silk, dye
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