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