{ "core": { "objectID": 49173, "objectNumber": "29.420", "primaryTitle": "Fragment of Tiraz Textile", "objectName": "textile fragment", "dated": "12th century", "classification": "Textiles", "department": "Islamic Art", "medium": "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", "dimensions": "Overall: 21 × 19 1/4 inches (53.3 × 48.9 cm)" }, "provenance": { "creditLine": "City of Detroit Purchase ", "provenance": "Dorothea Russell.\r\n1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)", "signed": "", "inscribed": "Inscribed, first band: [translated: Dominion belongs to Allah]\r\nInscribed, repeated second band, illegible.", "markings": "" }, "creators": [ { "displayName": "Islamic, Egyptian", "role": "Artist", "nationality": "Egyptian", "bio": "" } ], "rights": [ { "type": "Public Domain", "copyright": "", "creditLineRepro": "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." } ], "media": { "primary": { "filename": "29.420.jpg", "width": 2665, "height": 2250, "shareURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/ec2ipayiss/jpeg/29.420.jpeg?w=2000&keep=c&crop=yes&color=cccccc&quality=80&u=u3bnol", "originalURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/ec2ipayiss/original/29.420.jpg?u=u3bnol&download=true" } }, "terms": [ { "name": "medallions (ornament areas)", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "floral patterns", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "Fatimid", "type": "styles and periods" }, { "name": "silk (fiber)", "type": "material" }, { "name": "weft pile weave", "type": "material" }, { "name": "tabby (textile)", "type": "material" }, { "name": "Kufic", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "leaves (plant materials)", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "textile", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "fragment", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "torn", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "plain cloth weave", "type": "material" }, { "name": "Egypt", "type": "place of use" } ], "source": { "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts", "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/49173" } }