Tiraz with gold

Description

Gold thread forms the background of undecipherable texts and interlaced medallions in two tripartite bands woven with silk in slit-tapestry weave on a dark blue-green sharb linen ground. Sharb is a fine linen, which often formed the ground fabric for ṭirāz. Roosters, hens, and confronted chicks decorate the medallions.

Provenance

Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.

Tiraz with gold

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1075–99

Accession Number

1982.103

Medium

plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé

Dimensions

Overall: 29 x 14.8 cm (11 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund