Tiraz with gold

1075–99 Overall: 29 x 14.8 cm (11 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.103

Gold thread forms the background of undecipherable texts and interlaced medallions in two tripartite bands woven with silk in slit-tapestry weave on a dark blue-green sharb linen ground. Sharb is a fine linen, which often formed the ground fabric for ṭirāz. Roosters, hens, and...

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