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Source Description
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 confronted chicks decorate the medallions.
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150587
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Tiraz with gold
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150587
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Tiraz with gold
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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 confronted chicks decorate the medallions.
date
1075–99
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en
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Q79933206
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Textile
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Overall: 29 x 14.8 cm (11 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
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Egypt, Fatimid period
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1982.103
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plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
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Tiraz with gold, 1075–99. Egypt, Fatimid period. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 29 x 14.8 cm (11 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1982.103
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Textiles
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Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
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Reproduced: P. 104, fig. 3.21; Mentioned: P. 105, 215
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 07:46:18.334000
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150587
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Textiles
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Textiles
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plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
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