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Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Fragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile

1101 – 1149

Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Amir or al-Hafiz, AH 495-544

(A.D. 1101-1149)
tapestry (originally inwoven in tabby ground); linen and wool
Overall: 48.5 x 23.5 cm (19 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1919.30
Location: Not on view
  • (Dr. R. Meyer Riefstahl, New York).
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 2 (1919): 37-38. Mentioned: p. 37 www.jstor.org
    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. 31-32
  • 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).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile|url=false|author=|year=1101 – 1149|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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