id:			161005
accession number:	1999.253
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.253
updated:		2022-01-04 17:27:11.382000

Bridal wedding sash, 1800s. Morocco, Fez. Lampas, warps dyed on the loom: silk; overall: 396.8 x 38 cm (156 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1999.253

title:				Bridal wedding sash
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Morocco, Fez
technique:	lampas, warps dyed on the loom: silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 396.8 x 38 cm (156 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2015-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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Elaborate wedding sashes woven in Fez, Morocco, are distinctive for their multiple colors, designs, and uses. Folded lengthwise, they are wrapped around the waist so that the colors and designs coordinate with the attire worn during and after a wedding. Typically, the colors vary on each half whereas the designs are the same. Luxury textiles with elaborate patterns were woven on large looms called drawlooms that automatically repeated designs. The weaver operated the structure, inserting horizontal wefts, while the drawboy activated the programmed pattern. However, this wedding sash has ten programmed designs, which required considerable expertise.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 40-41, fig. 1.24; Mentioned: P. 40
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