Fragment of a Tiraz (1058–60): Art, History and Details
Fragment of a Tiraz at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1058–60, Linen and silk: tapestry (originally inwoven in a tabby ground). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Fragment of a Tiraz (1058–60) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The tripartite band consists of a central band with a frieze of paired, confronted griffins, framed by oval cartouches which are delineated only by the joined trifoliate motifs which fill the spandrels. On either side are opposing lines of Arabic text in Kufic script. The two lines of inscription, both of which are incomplete, appear to represent repetitions of a single text.
Object facts
- Title: Fragment of a Tiraz
- Date: 1058–60
- Culture: Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Mustansir, 1000s
- Type: Textile
- Technique: Linen and silk: tapestry (originally inwoven in a tabby ground)
- Dimensions: Overall: 8.6 x 16.3 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1929.932
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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