Artist Islamic, Egyptian
Title
  • Fragment of Tiraz Textile
Date between 1020 and 1035
Medium Balanced plain weave (tabby); weft faced plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry); supplementary silk weft in weft faced plain weave; stem of letters held in place by wrapping weft with silk thread
Dimensions Overall: 7 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches (19.7 × 44.5 cm)
Credit Line Gift of George Dwight Pratt
Accession Number 32.27
Department Islamic Art
Not On View
Inscriptions Inscribed: ["...And His Friend 'Ali Abi al-Hasan, the Imam al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah, Commander of the Faithful. Allah's benedictions upon him and upon his ancestors, the pure Imams. From what was ordered to be made by the Wazir, the Most Illustrious, Friend of the Commander of the Faithful and..."]
George D. Pratt (New York, New York, USA);
1932-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)