Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Woman's Wedding Cloth

Maker Amazigh Artist , Tatouine, Tunisia

Date20th century

Made/manufacturedTunisia, Africa

MediumWool, silk

Dimensions13 ft. 7 3/4 in. x 46 1/16 in. (416 x 117 cm)

ClassificationsClothing and accessories

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund

Object number2009.32.2

Collections

AFRICAN

DescriptionTwo panels (handsewn together with red silk) in fine spun wool dyed black with heavy embroidery at the four corners in gold thread, yellow, green, red, blue silk. Embroidered patterning consists of geometric motifs resembling an architectural setting (gables and columns) or a jeweled crown with pendants; along the borders, linking the heavy inlay at the corners are small silk crosses in the above-mentioned colors. Fringes at either end are made of twisted silk threads in red, orange, mauve, green, and blue; fringes along the selvedge at the central section are tufted silk in the same colors.