Fragment of Tiraz Textile, 12th century

  • Islamic, Egyptian

Two panels of weft faced plain weave with eccentric and discontinuous wefts (tapestry); two panels of balanced plain weave (tabby); godet in balanced plain weave (tabby); rolled and reversible seaming; godet cut on bias and whip stitched to adjacent panels with rolled and reversible seaming

  • Overall: 8 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches (21 × 21.6 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

29.406

Inscribed, illegible.

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

Islamic, Egyptian, Fragment of Tiraz Textile, 12th century, two panels of weft faced plain weave with eccentric and discontinuous wefts (tapestry); two panels of balanced plain weave (tabby); godet in balanced plain weave (tabby); rolled and reversible seaming; godet cut on bias and whip stitched to adjacent panels with rolled and reversible seaming. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 29.406.