The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Tiraz with gold

Tiraz with gold

1094 – 1101
plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
Overall: 21.6 x 55.6 cm (8 1/2 x 21 7/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1950.556
Location: not on view
  • (Dr. Emil Delmar, Budapest and New York).
  • Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. p. 31
    Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced: P. 95, fig. 3.11 and P. 111, fig. 3.28; Mentioned: P. 111, 116, 215
  • Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).
    2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).
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