Tiraz Textile Fragment

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 991–1031

Medium: Linen; plain weave, embroidered in silk

Dimensions: Textile: L. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) W. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm) Mount: H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) W. 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm) D. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)

Classification: Textiles-Embroidered

Country: Iraq

Themes: Arabic

Gift of George D. Pratt, 1931

Date range

966 – 1056

Largest dimension

54.3 cm

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