{ "core": { "objectID": 49334, "objectNumber": "32.53.2", "primaryTitle": "Fragment of a Tiraz Textile made for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Mutaqqi", "objectName": "textile fragment", "dated": "940 or 941", "classification": "Textiles", "department": "Islamic Art", "medium": "linen and silk threads", "dimensions": "Overall: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm)\r\nMount (pressure-mounted with 32.53.1): 25 × 59 × 2 inches (63.5 × 149.9 × 5.1 cm)" }, "provenance": { "creditLine": "Gift of George Dwight Pratt ", "provenance": "George D. Pratt (New York, New York, USA);\r\n1932-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)", "signed": "", "inscribed": "Inscribed: [Nasr min Allah] 'ala Muhammad khatim al-nabiyia baraka min Allah li-'Abdallah Abi Ishaq al-imam al-Mutaqqi bi'llah amir al-mu'minin ayyaduhu Allah amara bihi [...] fi tiraz al-khassa bi-Misr 'ala yaday mawla amir al-mu'minin [...] / bism'illah al-rahman al-rahim [...] baraka min Allah li-'abd'allah Abu Ishaq al-imam al-Mutaqqi bi'llah amir al-mu'minin ayyaduhu Allah amara bihi al-Wazir Sulayman ibn al-Hasan 'ala yaday [...] [translated: Help from God upon Muhammad, Seal of the Prophets, blessing from God upon 'Abdallah Abi Ishaq the Imam al-Mutaqqi bi'llah, Prince of Believers, may God support him. Comissioned in the Private Tiraz Works in Egypt, under the supervision of the client of the Prince of Believers [...] / In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate [...] blessing from God upon 'Abdallah Abu Ishaq the Imam al-Mutaqqi bi'llah Prince of Believers May Gode Support Him, Commissioned by the Vizier Sulayman b. al-Hasan, under the supervision of [...].]", "markings": "" }, "creators": [ { "displayName": "Islamic, Egyptian", "role": "Artist", "nationality": "Egyptian", "bio": "" } ], "rights": [ { "type": "Public Domain", "copyright": "", "creditLineRepro": "Islamic, Egyptian, Fragment of a Tiraz Textile made for the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Mutaqqi, 940 or 941, linen and silk threads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of George Dwight Pratt, 32.53.2." } ], "media": { "primary": { "filename": "32.53.2.jpg", "width": 2700, "height": 1836, "shareURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/inteysk7fb/jpeg/32.53.2.jpeg?w=2000&keep=c&crop=yes&color=cccccc&quality=80&u=u3bnol", "originalURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/inteysk7fb/original/32.53.2.jpg?u=u3bnol&download=true" } }, "terms": [ { "name": "Abbasid", "type": "styles and periods" }, { "name": "silk (fiber)", "type": "material" }, { "name": "linen (material)", "type": "material" }, { "name": "textile", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "inscription", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "fragment", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "threads", "type": "material" }, { "name": "Nile", "type": "place of use" } ], "source": { "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts", "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/49334" } }