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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Furnishing fabric fragment
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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.
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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."
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Date: after 1919
Medium: Silk, cotton
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Date: c. 1765
Medium: Block printed cotton
Object number: S2024.5.29
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Watered silk moire fragment
Date: c. 1774-1793
Medium: Silk
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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Kinran fragment
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 18th century
Medium: Silk, paper
Object number: S2024.5.19
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Unknown artist, Philippine Islands
Date: 19th century
Medium: Silk and fiber
Object number: S2024.5.3
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.18
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Embroidered fragment
Date: 18th century
Medium: Silk, chenille
Object number: S2024.5.27
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Kalamkar fragment
Date: 19th century
Medium: Handwoven cotton with block printing and brushwork
Object number: S2024.5.11
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Short coat (haori) lining fragment
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: c. 1920-1929
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.20
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Batik fragment
Unknown artist, Javanese
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Cotton
Object number: S2024.5.4
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.6a-d
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Darai fragment
Date: 18th century
Medium: Shot silk
Object number: S2024.5.10