Cleveland Museum of Art

Wall Hanging (msimsim)

Date

1600s–1800s

Medium

silk

Culture

Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woven silk msimsim wall hangings are made in the Moroccan city of Tétouan, and gifted by a groom to his bride. It is composed of both compound tabby and double tabby weave. Now highly damaged and missing much of its threads, this textile would be placed over a doorway within the new home. Its traditional design is a double-sided gridded brocade (raised woven pattern), navy on one side, crimson on the other.

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