Cleveland Museum of Art (Egyptian) · textile
Tiraz with gold
Description
[Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Musta‘lī, 1094–1101] This essentially gold-on-gold fragment represents an artistic and technical pinnacle of tiraz woven with silk tapestry decoration around 1100. Expensive gold thread dominates in the decorative tapestry-woven bands in the open plain-weave linen ground. The bands with small roundels alternating with falcons attacking small birds required exceptional skill since they are more densely woven than the surrounding ground. Popular birds and animals of the hunt abound including heraldic eagles and hares. The elegant kufic script is mostly indecipherable.
Cross-references (2)
- Wikidata Q79908319 tier-1
- CMA-id 127914 tier-2
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