The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 8, 2023

Plaid tiraz

1101–1149

Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Amir or al-Hafiz

Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk

Overall: 12.5 x 51.8 cm (4 15/16 x 20 3/8 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1919.27

Location

not on view

Provenance
(Dr. R. Meyer Riefstahl, New York).
Citations
"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 2 (1919): 37-38. Mentioned: p. 37 www.jstor.org
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 and Mentioned: P. 107, fig. 3.24
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.27