About the Artwork
Fragment of Tiraz Textile
12th century
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Egyptian
Islamic
Two panels of balanced plain weave (tabby) sewn horizontally to two panels of weft faced plain weave with discontinuous and eccentric wefts (tapestry); inscription on one tapestry panel has balanced plain weave (tabby), weft faced plain weave with discontinuous and eccentric wefts and weft faced plain weave with supplementary silk wefts (tapestry); self-fringed tapestry panel; extant left selvages on two tabby panels
Overall: 21 × 19 1/4 inches (53.3 × 48.9 cm)
Textiles
Islamic Art
City of Detroit Purchase
29.420
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, first band: [translated: Dominion belongs to Allah] Inscribed, repeated second band, illegible.
Provenance
Dorothea Russell. 1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Islamic, Egyptian, Fragment of Tiraz Textile, 12th century, two panels of balanced plain weave (tabby) sewn horizontally to two panels of weft faced plain weave with discontinuous and eccentric wefts (tapestry); inscription on one tapestry panel has balanced plain weave (tabby), weft faced plain weave with discontinuous and eccentric wefts and weft faced plain weave with supplementary silk wefts (tapestry); self-fringed tapestry panel; extant left selvages on two tabby panels. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 29.420.
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