Fragment of a Tiraz
932–940
- Medium
- silk embroidery on linen tabby ground
- Dimensions
- Overall: 33 x 46.4 cm (13 x 18 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- embroidery
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Egypt, Tunah, Ikhshidid period, Caliphate of al-Qahir or al-Radi, AH 320-329 (A.D. 932-940)
About
The design consists of a broad five partite decorative band with geometric ornamentation in red, red and green, and yellow and dark blue, and a single line of Arabic text embroidered in red on the plain ecru linen cloth. This inscription, extremely damaged and fragmentary, has been deciphered only in part.