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147822
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Embroidered cotton tiraz
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147822
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object
title
Embroidered cotton tiraz
date
991–1031
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79927378
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Embroidery
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Overall: 17 x 53 cm (6 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
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Iraq, Baghdad, Abbasid period, reign of al-Qadir 991–1031
accession
1974.188
Source extras
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plain weave: cotton; embroidery, chain and self-couching stitches: silk
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Embroidered cotton tiraz, 991–1031. Iraq, Baghdad, Abbasid period, reign of al-Qadir 991–1031. Plain weave: cotton; embroidery, chain and self-couching stitches: silk; overall: 17 x 53 cm (6 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ruth Blumka in memory of Leopold Blumka, 1974.188
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Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
"In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate . . . Year three hundred."
citations
citation
Ausstellung von Meisterwerken muhammedanischer Kunst, 1910 (MUNICH), Max van BERCHEM, Moriz DREGER, Ernst KUEHNEL, Camillo LIST, Fredrik Robert MARTIN, Friedrich SARRE, and Severin SCHROEDER. Die Ausstellung Von Meisterwerken Muhammedanischer Kunst in München, 1910. Herausgegeben Von F. Sarre Und F.R. Martin Unter Mitwirkung Von M. Van Berchem, M. Dreger, E. Kühnel, C. List Und S. Schröder. [With Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven Plates.]. 1912. III
page_number
cat. no. 2274, pl. 178
citation
Lamm, C. J. Cotton in Mediaeval Textiles of the Near East. Paris: P. Geuthner, 1937.
page_number
p. 119
citation
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. 120; Mentioned: p. 121, 123
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Gift of Ruth Blumka in memory of Leopold Blumka
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2026-05-29 07:35:13.130000
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147822
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Textiles
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Textiles
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plain weave: cotton; embroidery, chain and self-couching stitches: silk
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