About the Artwork
Ikat textile with a tiraz band (inscription illegible)
between 11th and 12th century
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Egyptian
Islamic
Linen warp and silk weft
Overall: 10 × 8 7/8 inches (25.4 × 22.5 cm) Mount: 26 1/2 × 19 3/8 × 1 5/8 inches (67.3 × 49.2 × 4.1 cm)
Textiles
Islamic Art
Gift of Dorothea Russell
31.18
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, Kufic script, debased/illegible: [probably derived from word "Allah"]
Provenance
Dorothea Russell
1931-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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A. C., Weibel. "Egypto-Islamic Textiles," Bulletin of the DIA 12, no. 8 (1931): pp. 93-98, (ill.) (fig. 7).
A. C., Weibel. Two Thousand Years of Textiles. New York, 1952, cat. no. 70, p. 98, (ill.).
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Islamic, Egyptian, Ikat textile with a tiraz band (inscription illegible), between 11th and 12th century, linen warp and silk weft. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dorothea Russell, 31.18.
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