Textile

CultureFez or Tetouan
Titles
  • Textile
Date19th century
MediumSilk; woven with metal-wrapped threads
DimensionsOverall: 101 × 52 1/4 in. (256.5 × 132.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Franci Neely
Object number2020.68
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DescriptionThis luminous silk textile attests to a vibrant weaving tradition in 19th-century Morocco. Moroccan-made silks of deluxe quality, like this one woven with metal-wrapped threads, were highly valued. This lustrous silk may be a type of hanging or curtain known as a khamiya, one of three gifts written into Moroccan marriage contracts.
ProvenanceAcquired by the present owner from a Virginia estate sale, 2009; [Francesca Galloway, 2019]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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