The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 23, 2023

Tiraz with animated band

800–825

Egypt, Abbasid period

Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave and supplementary weft: wool and linen

Overall: 15 x 15.5 cm (5 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.90

Location

not on view

Provenance
Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
Citations
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. 89, fig. 3.4
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.90