Textile Fragment

Unknown artist

Date: 9th century

Medium: Linen; embroidered in silk

Dimensions: Textile: L. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) Mount: L. 9 in. (22.9 cm) W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm) D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Classification: Textiles-Embroidered

Country: Egypt

Themes: Arabic

Gift of George D. Pratt, 1931

Date range

800 – 899

Largest dimension

26.7 cm

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