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Textile Fragment8th-9th century

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Geffen Galleries, Islamic Art and Late Antiquity

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Title: Textile Fragment
Place Made: Egypt
Date Made: 8th-9th century
Medium: Linen plain weave with linen-warp and silk-weft tapestry weave
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (29.845 x 13.97 cm) Strainer: 12 1/2 × 18 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (31.75 × 46.67 × 2.86 cm) Frame: 13 1/4 × 19 1/16 × 2 5/16 in. (33.66 × 48.42 × 5.87 cm)
Credit Line: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number: M.73.5.641
Classification: Textiles
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography: Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.