Artist Islamic, Egyptian
Title
  • Fragment of Tiraz Textile
Date 908/932
Medium Balanced plain weave (tabby); embroidered inscription; hem stitching of right hand side
Dimensions 14 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.
36.2 x 13.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. Kevorkian
Accession Number 30.419
Department Islamic Art
Not On View
Inscriptions "In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate... from Allah to the Servant of Allah Ja'far, the Imam al-Muqtadir billah, may Allah glorify him. What has ordered (the Wazir?), year 310 (A.H.)."