Textile Fragment

dated 366 AH/976 CE

Not on view

This tiraz fragment has two addorsed lines of kufic script embroidered in red silk. The majority of the inscription is preserved; it follows the style of workshops produced in the Abbasid and early Fatimid periods, beginning with the Muslim expression of faith (the Shahada) and names the Fatimid caliph al-‘Aziz (r. 975–96 CE) as well as the year of manufacture (366 AH/976 CE). The finished edge of the fabric that is preserved in this fragment suggests that it was originally part of a shawl.

Artwork Details

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Provenance

Title: Textile Fragment
Date: dated 366 AH/976 CE
Geography: Attributed to Egypt
Medium: Linen, silk; plain weave, tapestry weave
Dimensions: Textile: H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
W. 31 3/8 in. (79.7 cm)
Mount: H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)
W. 35 3/8 in. (89.9 cm)
D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Gift of Charles K. and Irma B. Wilkinson, 1964
Object Number: 64.303.2
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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