Cleveland Museum of Art

Furnishing textile

Algerian Embroiderer

Date

1800s

Medium

Linen, silk, dye

Culture

Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian embroiderer

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This textile is woven using undyed linen in a technique called a tabby weave. The artist then used red, blue, white, and ochre yellow silk threads to create embroidered floral borders and designs in each corner, topped with several birds. The style of these motifs also strongly resembles Turkish embroideries made in this period.

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