Fragment of a Garment, Possibly a Turban Cloth, 8th or 9th century

  • Islamic, Egyptian

Wool, possibly linen

  • Overall: 13 × 11 3/4 inches (33 × 29.8 cm) Mount: 18 7/8 × 25 7/8 × 1 3/4 inches (47.9 × 65.7 × 4.4 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

29.383

Inscribed, illegible.

Dorothea Russell. 1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Islamic, Egyptian, Fragment of a Garment, Possibly a Turban Cloth, 8th or 9th century, wool, possibly linen. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 29.383.