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Textile Fragment8th century

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Fragmentary textile with ragged frayed edges, brick red ground with an intersecting grid pattern in olive green and golden tan threads

Unknown, Textile Fragment, 8th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Textile Fragment
Place Made
Iran or Iraq
Date Made
8th century
Medium
Wool and cotton weft-faced compound twill (samite)
Dimensions
6 1/8 × 5 1/2 in. (15.56 × 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.689
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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