The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 23, 2023

Fragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile

1081 – 1094

Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Mustansir, 1000s

Tabby ground with inwoven tapestry ornament; linen and silk

Overall: 21.6 x 43.8 cm (8 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1950.535

Location

not on view

Provenance
(Dr. Emil Delmar, Budapest and New York).
Citations
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. 29
Exhibition history

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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.535