Inscribed, repeated: [li'llah [translated: To God]]
Fragment of Tiraz Textile with Inscription, 11th century
- Islamic, Egyptian
Linen and silk threads
- Overall: 13 × 19 1/4 inches (33 × 48.9 cm)
City of Detroit Purchase
29.422.1
On View
- Islamic, Level 1, North
Department
Islamic Art
Details
Dorothea Russell. 1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Weibel, A. C. "Egypto-Islamic Textiles," Bulletin of the DIA 12, no. 8 (1931): pp. 93-98 (ill. fig. 2).
Islamic, Egyptian, Fragment of Tiraz Textile with Inscription, 11th century, linen and silk threads. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 29.422.1.