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Tiraz Fragment

Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian), acc. 1929.897. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 1929.897
Date: Fatimid period (969-1171), 11th century
Materials: ['Linen, tapestry weave']
Repository: Art Institute of Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian), Tiraz Fragment (1929.897). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/208078

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This fragment’s open, gauzy weave is a feature of Tiraz fabrics from Fatimid Egypt. Documents from the time describe textiles such as this one as having linen weaves as “thin as air.” In their complete form, Tiraz fabrics consisted almost entirely of this delicate linen weave, with a few bands of tapestry weaving at the edge, as seen here.

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Materials Linen Textile

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ARTIC-id 4024 tier-2

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