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An ancestral art Moroccan embroidery, called "Tarz" is an ancestral art in Morocco and has been passed down from generation to generation for several centuries. If precision is essential, it allows you to express your creativity and personalize many media. It offers many possibilities of patterns that are found in all Moroccan families. Traditionally, the sheets of the bride's trousseau or the birth of large families were personalized with Fassi embroidery. A distinctive sign of refinement and luxury, embroidery has always remained up to date and has even experienced a craze in recent years. The different types of Moroccan embroidery I will quote in this article the most widespread embroidery: fez embroidery, flap embroidery, tetouane embroidery   Fez embroidery   Tarz el fassi or tarz El Ghorza (the fez embroidery)   It is a counted thread embroidery based on the diagonal line point called nasriya, horizontal and vertical called ghorza. The ancient embroidery of Fez is m...

FLAP EMBROIDERY Moroccan rbati embroidery (Rabat embroidery) is different and has evolved over the past few  years, making it possible to distinguish between so-called Old Rabat embroidery and modern  embroidery.  The oldest is represented by several compositions with in particular human silhouettes, widely used from the 18th century and somewhat abandoned towards the end of the 19th century. The monochromy is massive with old gold yellow, dark red or dark blue colors.  Other compositions represent crooks and spirals which decorate, in history, the corners of capitals. The style has a more airy monochrome with 2 or 3 tones maximum. Finally, we find the compositions made on the basis of abundant plant motifs with a rich polychromy.  This type of ancestral embroidery from Rabat has evolved into a more modern style of embroidery.  Then take over the plant decorations which will no longer be applied only to decorative ornaments but also to clothing with a polyc...