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Fragment of a Tiraz

932–40
(A.D. 932-940)
silk embroidery on linen tabby ground
Overall: 33 x 46.4 cm (13 x 18 1/4 in.)
Gift of George D. Pratt 1932.31
Location: not on view
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Description

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.
Fragment of a Tiraz

Fragment of a Tiraz

932–40

Egypt, Tunah, Ikhshidid period, Caliphate of al-Qahir or al-Radi, AH 320-329 (A.D. 932-940)

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