An embroidered silk panel from Chaouen (Chefchaouen), Northern Morocco.
An embroidered silk panel from Chaouen (Chefchaouen), Northern Morocco.
An 18th or 19th century Chaouen (Chechauen) embroidery
Important Chaouen embroidery known as chest top embroidery but which could also be used as a wall panel, and to be compared with the embroidery kept in the Museum of African and Oceanian Arts under the inventory number M.69.2.3. and illustrated in the book "De Soie et d'Or", and the copy n° M 61.10.49, kept in the same museum, and illustrated on page 80 of the same catalogue.
This embroidery and the embroidery of the same group illustrated in John Gillow's book share an interesting similarity, it is the same type of silk weaving strip that frames the sides.
Bibliography:
Joelle Lemaistre, Marie-France Vivier, Rabha Bentouhami, Mohamed Bennouna, " De Soie et d'Or, broderies du Maghreb ", Catalogue book published during the exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe June - September 1996. Editions Joel Cuénot & Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 1996. Cf. page 25.
John Gillow, " Textiles Africains ", Editions du Regards, Paris. First publication in the United Kingdom by Thames and Hudson, London in 2003. Cf. p. 15.
XVIII - XIX th century
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An embroidered silk panel from Chaouen (Chefchaouen), Northern Morocco.
An 18th or 19th century Chaouen (Chechauen) embroidery
Important Chaouen embroidery known as chest top embroidery but which could also be used as a wall panel, and to be compared with the embroidery kept in the Museum of African and Oceanian Arts under the inventory number M.69.2.3. and illustrated in the book "De Soie et d'Or", and the copy n° M 61.10.49, kept in the same museum, and illustrated on page 80 of the same catalogue.
This embroidery and the embroidery of the same group illustrated in John Gillow's book share an interesting similarity, it is the same type of silk weaving strip that frames the sides.
Bibliography:
Joelle Lemaistre, Marie-France Vivier, Rabha Bentouhami, Mohamed Bennouna, " De Soie et d'Or, broderies du Maghreb ", Catalogue book published during the exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe June - September 1996. Editions Joel Cuénot & Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 1996. Cf. page 25.
John Gillow, " Textiles Africains ", Editions du Regards, Paris. First publication in the United Kingdom by Thames and Hudson, London in 2003. Cf. p. 15.
XVIII - XIX th century
h 085 x 134 cm Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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