Tiraz
Tiraz
Unknown (made), 1000-1199 (made)
Unknown (made), 1000-1199 (made)
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This fragment consists of a band tapesty-woven in coluored silks of fine linen warps. In the middle is a winged animal in yellow, red and white on a blue oval medallion; above and below are fragments of an Arabic inscription in green on a red ground.
Technical analysis: woven tiraz in slit and dovetailed tapestry; silk and linen. Warp: undyed linen, S-twist, 23-4 per cm. Weft: undyed linen and silk, no noticeable spin, 46 ribs per cm. Wefts in undyed linen and silks in red, yellow and blue inscription in green.
Technical analysis: woven tiraz in slit and dovetailed tapestry; silk and linen. Warp: undyed linen, S-twist, 23-4 per cm. Weft: undyed linen and silk, no noticeable spin, 46 ribs per cm. Wefts in undyed linen and silks in red, yellow and blue inscription in green.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Tiraz (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | woven silk and linen |
| Brief description | Tiraz of woven silk and linen with a winged animal in the centre, and Arabic inscriptions above and below. |
| Physical description | This fragment consists of a band tapesty-woven in coluored silks of fine linen warps. In the middle is a winged animal in yellow, red and white on a blue oval medallion; above and below are fragments of an Arabic inscription in green on a red ground. Technical analysis: woven tiraz in slit and dovetailed tapestry; silk and linen. Warp: undyed linen, S-twist, 23-4 per cm. Weft: undyed linen and silk, no noticeable spin, 46 ribs per cm. Wefts in undyed linen and silks in red, yellow and blue inscription in green. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | al-mu'(minin) (?); sl . . . (?). (A larger piece belonging to the same textile is in the Musee du Cluny in Paris (cl.21.871). It shows the winged animal three times between two lines of inscriptions. The inscriptions read as: (top) bismallah al-rahman "in the name of God the Merciful"; (bottom) thaman wa aarba'in wa arba'mi'a "four hundred and forty-eight2 (al-Munstansir, 1056/448).)
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| Object history | From al-Kharjah (Egypt) |
| Production | Al-Munstansir, Fatimid Egypt |
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| Bibliographic reference | Contadini, Anna, Fatimid Art at the Victoria & Albert Museum. London:
V&A Publications, 1998, p.67, plate 23 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2117-1900 |
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| Record created | May 26, 2004 |
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