In general, Moroccan embroidery can consequently be divided into two main types, namely, the urban embroidery from cities such as Azemmour, Chefchaouen, Essaouira, Fes, Meknes, Rabat, Salé and Tetouan, and the embroidery of the Berber population.
Many of the urban embroideries stopped being made in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since then, one style of urban embroidery, namely that from Fes, can be found in most parts of the country. Some people (both inside and outside of the country) regard this style as typically ‘Moroccan’, while others see subtle variations in style of designs and colour combinations of Fes work as being characteristic for particular groups or regions.
See also the TRC Needles entries on Fes gold embroidery; Gnawa embroidery; hiti; Kiswa el-Kabira; Moroccan sampler; Moroccan leather embroidery
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