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Fragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile

1200s - 1300s

Egypt, Mamluk sultanate

(1250–1517)
Medium
silk embroidery on linen tabby ground
Measurements
Overall: 9 x 13.4 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1950.532
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A linen textile fragment features three horizontal bands across a tan ground. The top and bottom rows display repeating dark-blue and red floral shapes. Two thin, red horizontal lines frame a wide central band of stylized script in dark brown and navy blue (see "Inscriptions"). The cloth has irregular, frayed edges with significant sections of embroidery worn away, revealing the coarse linen weave underneath.

Fragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile

1200s - 1300s

Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)

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