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Undyed linen embroidered with Arabic inscription in red silk in satin. The inscription tells us that is from the workshops of the caliph al-Muqtadir billah. Such expensive cloth were handed over to dignitaries as an honorary gift.
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Title: Linen Fragment
Date: 908–932
Geography: Attributed to probably Egypt
Medium: Linen; embroidered in silk
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Mount: L. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
W. 14 in. (35.6 cm)
D. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1931
Object Number: 31.106.52
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