"Fez Half Belt In Silk And Linen Brocatelle - Morocco 19th Century"
Mid-19th century Morocco Precious Half Wedding Belt from Fez with Arab-Andalusian design. Provenance of a famous French collection which will be transmitted to the buyer and which was published in the 1970s. Woven on a hand loom with Hispano-Moorish decoration, it is long, complete, with long fringes of cords with knotted pompoms. It features four different woven patterns. At each end, the Star of David and the protective hand of Fatma. On the reverse, the belt is lined with a yellow cotton sateen (trace of dirt) for protection. No flaws, very beautiful object of Moroccan ethnology. Very good condition of color and conservation. Dimensions: 12 cm wide by 222 cm long. This belt comes from a set of 11 pieces that decorated a castle in the South West of France in the Bordeaux region. Le Collectionneur was published in decoration magazines of the 1970s, associated with French 18th century. He published a major work which is still a reference today and which will be communicated to the buyer. The other belts are put on sale one by one but it is possible to acquire the entire collection on request.