Tiraz with gold
1094 – 1101
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Tiraz with gold, 1094 – 1101. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Musta‘lī, 1094–1101. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; mounted: 50.8 x 89.5 cm (20 x 35 1/4 in.); overall: 38.1 x 78.8 cm (15 x 31 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund and the Florence and Charles Abel Oriental Rug Collection by Exchange 1971.172
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
- Dimensions
- Mounted: 50.8 x 89.5 cm (20 x 35 1/4 in.); Overall: 38.1 x 78.8 cm (15 x 31 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1971.172
- Credit Line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund and the Florence and Charles Abel Oriental Rug Collection by Exchange
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1971, Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries, Gallery 115 Indian Paintings Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 3, 2003).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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