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Furnishing fabric fragment
Furnishing fabric fragment
Datelate 19th century
MediumCotton with silk embroidery
DimensionsOverall: 23.5 x 29.2 cm (9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.) Frame: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation from the Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Object numberS2024.5.17
Not on view
DescriptionRed, blue, green, and yellow embroidered silk squares on tan and white checked fabric from Rabat, Morocco.

Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection, #17
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "17. SILK EMBROIDERY ON COTTON. MOROCCAN (Rabat), XIX Century."
Kinran fragment
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 18th century
Medium: Silk, paper
Object number: S2024.5.19
Watered silk moire fragment
Date: c. 1774-1793
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.28
Embroidered fragment
Date: 18th century
Medium: Silk, chenille
Object number: S2024.5.27
Woman's belt fragment
Date: 19th century
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.18
Short coat (haori) lining fragment
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: c. 1920-1929
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.20
Darai fragment
Date: 18th century
Medium: Shot silk
Object number: S2024.5.10
Headdress fragment
Unknown artist, Philippine Islands
Date: 19th century
Medium: Silk and fiber
Object number: S2024.5.3
Floral fragment
Date: c. 1765
Medium: Block printed cotton
Object number: S2024.5.29
Assorted textile fragments
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Embroidery and hand woven ribbon
Object number: S2024.5.21a-e
Damask fragment
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.22
Textile fragment
Date: 19th century
Medium: Silk, linen
Object number: S2024.5.16
Kalamkar fragment
Date: 19th century
Medium: Handwoven cotton with block printing and brushwork
Object number: S2024.5.11