A Fine Azemmour Silk Embroidery
A Fine Azemmour Silk Embroidery,
Broderie de soie rouge sur toile de coton crème, le bandeau principal décoré d’oiseaux affrontés de part et d’autre d’une coupe et de personnages, deux frises de motifs floraux stylisés dans les bords supérieur et inférieur, petites usures, sinon intacte, lisière sur le côté droit.
Dim. : 74,5 x 25 cm
Origin:
Collection Zaira et Marcel Mis, puis par descendance
Collection particulière belge, acquis en 2023
Bibliography:
Anne-Marie Bouttiaux, Frieda Sorber, Anne van Cutsem, Costumes et textiles d'Afrique: des Berbères aux Zulu : collection Zaira et Marcel Mis, Milan, 2008, Cat. 16, pp. 36-38
Comment:
Originally preserved within Judeo-Moroccan communities, Zemmour embroidery is distinguished by a palette dominated by red and black, and by an ornamental repertoire combining geometric motifs (crosses, lozenges, chalices) with a rich vegetal vocabulary and a varied bestiary: partridges, peacocks, giraffes, and dragons share the compositions, the latter motif having been introduced as early as the fifteenth century through Portuguese trading posts, and since then becoming a distinctive emblem of the city.
A Fine Azemmour Silk Embroidery,
Broderie de soie rouge sur toile de coton crème, le bandeau principal décoré d’oiseaux affrontés de part et d’autre d’une coupe et de personnages, deux frises de motifs floraux stylisés dans les bords supérieur et inférieur, petites usures, sinon intacte, lisière sur le côté droit.
Dim. : 74,5 x 25 cm
Origin:
Collection Zaira et Marcel Mis, puis par descendance
Collection particulière belge, acquis en 2023
Bibliography:
Anne-Marie Bouttiaux, Frieda Sorber, Anne van Cutsem, Costumes et textiles d'Afrique: des Berbères aux Zulu : collection Zaira et Marcel Mis, Milan, 2008, Cat. 16, pp. 36-38
Comment:
Originally preserved within Judeo-Moroccan communities, Zemmour embroidery is distinguished by a palette dominated by red and black, and by an ornamental repertoire combining geometric motifs (crosses, lozenges, chalices) with a rich vegetal vocabulary and a varied bestiary: partridges, peacocks, giraffes, and dragons share the compositions, the latter motif having been introduced as early as the fifteenth century through Portuguese trading posts, and since then becoming a distinctive emblem of the city.
