Name of Object:Stole, mirror dressing (tenchifa) Location:Rabat, Morocco Holding Museum:Museum of the Udayas Date of Object:Hegira 12th-13th centuries / AD 18th-19th centuries Museum Inventory Number:D 1588 Material(s) / Technique(s):Silk satin embroidered with silk and gold thread. Dimensions:Length 330 cm, width 54 cm Period / Dynasty:Alawid Provenance:Tetouan, Morocco. Description:A long stole embroidered on both ends and on part of the sides. View Short DescriptionThis long stole is embroidered on both ends and part of the sides and would have been hung around mirror frames on feast days to ward off the evil eye. Its compositions and floral motifs, although stylised, are borrowed from the plant repertoire of Algerian Ottoman embroidery. How date and origin were established:Comparison with objects mentioned in published studies on the same type of decoration and object (see M. Guérard). How Object was obtained:Purchased in 1987. How provenance was established:This embroidery, the type of stole and the way it was used are all characteristic of Tetouan. Selected bibliography:Guérard, M., “Les broderies de Tétouan”, Hespéris-Tamouda, X, fasc. 1 & 2, Rabat, 1969, pp.191–234. Citation of this web page:Naima El Khatib-Boujibar "Stole, mirror dressing (tenchifa)" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_B;50;en Prepared by: Naima El Khatib-Boujibar
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