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Collection Online as of December 6, 2023

Tiraz with dense guilloche bands

1100s

Egypt, Fatimid period

Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk

Overall: 56.5 x 22 cm (22 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.148

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: P. 119, fig. 3.38; Mentioned: P. 117, 120
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.148