The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 22, 2022

Tiraz with guilloche bands

1075-1125

Egypt, Fatimid period

Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk

Overall: 43.9 x 47.6 cm (17 5/16 x 18 3/4 in.)

Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1941.95

Location

not on view

Citations
Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984. p. 19
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.118, fig. 3.38; Mentioned: P. 117
Exhibition history

Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.95