Fragment of a belt (hizam)

1800s Overall: 24.1 x 32.3 cm (9 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.192

This silk textile with a lampas weave features alternating designs of eight-pointed stars, ogival (curved) medallions, and floral patterns. This fragment would have likely once been part of a wider belt, called hizam, worn by elite Moroccan women over their gowns.

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