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Tiraz with gold
1075–99
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Gold thread forms the background of undecipherable texts and interlaced medallions in two tripartite bands woven with silk in slit-tapestry weave on a dark blue-green sharb linen ground. Sharb is a fine linen, which often formed the ground fabric for ṭirāz. Roosters, hens, and confronted chicks decorate the medallions.
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Details
- Title: Tiraz with gold
- Date Created: 1075–99
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 29 x 14.8 cm (11 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
- Type: Textile
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.103
- Medium: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Egypt, Fatimid period
- Credit Line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Collection: Textiles
- Accession Number: 1982.103
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