Turban or shawl end with tiraz and gold

1094 Overall: 62.3 x 54.6 cm (24 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.313

Woven with consummate skill, this very fine linen fabric enriched with silk and gold thread displays small birds amid interlacing bands flanked by Arabic inscriptions. It represents the final artistic and technical height of imperial textiles called tiraz, a Persian word meani...

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