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A rare large Azemmour embroidery in silk, Morocco A rare large XVIIth or XVIIIth century Azemmour embroidery in silk This example seems to be the most complete and one of the oldest Azemmour embroideries known ? If not the oldest. In any case, it is the longest that I have been given to examine. The Arab World Institute has an embroidery of this group. A band with bird decoration, but of much smaller size and preserved in the Museum of African and Oceanic Arts under the reference inv. 1962.191 appears in the catalogue "De Soie et d'Or", and dated from the 17th century. The embroideries from Azemmour, which one may wonder if they all come from this locality, testify that Morocco is part of the textile culture of the Mediterranean Basin and its eastern sphere, and of their intercultural exchanges. Thus, in this embroidery, we have both Nasrid influences of course, but also Italian influences. The "Book of Lingerie" by Maitre Dominique de Sera and published in Paris in 1584 by Jerome de Marnes (Hierosme de Marnes) and the widow of Guillaume Cauellat, is significant in this respect. Minor wear. Restorations. 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. See page 28. 17th - 18th century 27 x 285 cm
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A rare large Azemmour embroidery in silk, Morocco A rare large XVIIth or XVIIIth century Azemmour embroidery in silk This example seems to be the most complete and one of the oldest Azemmour embroideries known ? If not the oldest. In any case, it is the longest that I have been given to examine. The Arab World Institute has an embroidery of this group. A band with bird decoration, but of much smaller size and preserved in the Museum of African and Oceanic Arts under the reference inv. 1962.191 appears in the catalogue "De Soie et d'Or", and dated from the 17th century. The embroideries from Azemmour, which one may wonder if they all come from this locality, testify that Morocco is part of the textile culture of the Mediterranean Basin and its eastern sphere, and of their intercultural exchanges. Thus, in this embroidery, we have both Nasrid influences of course, but also Italian influences. The "Book of Lingerie" by Maitre Dominique de Sera and published in Paris in 1584 by Jerome de Marnes (Hierosme de Marnes) and the widow of Guillaume Cauellat, is significant in this respect. Minor wear. Restorations. 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. See page 28. 17th - 18th century 27 x 285 cm
