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Ikat tiraz

900s
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Yemen, San'a, Reign of Rassid Imams

Medium
Cotton and gold leaf: resist-dyed warp (ikat); plain weave with inscription
Measurements
Overall: 41.7 x 30 cm (16 7/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1950.524
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Description

The "flame" pattern was dyed on the vertical warp threads before weaving began by tightly binding them to resist dye penetration, and repeated for each color. The process and fabric are called ikat, a Malaysian word which may have originated in South Arabia. Yemeni ikats with historical Arabic inscriptions from the 10th century are among the oldest known. This text, written in Kufic script with gold leaf outlined in black, is so damaged that it cannot be read.
Textile with intersecting streaks of blue and grey against white, bands of three blue lines vertically intercepting them. The textile dissolves into the strands of a fringe on the upper side across which runs gold Kufic script outlined in black (see "Inscriptions"). In the lower half, the textile has worn diagonally away in a rough edge.

Ikat tiraz

900s

Yemen, San'a, Reign of Rassid Imams

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