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Inscribed Textile (Tiraz) Fragment908-932/295-320 A.H.

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Drawing on a torn, irregularly edged sheet of cream paper mounted on a sand-colored ground, with a single horizontal line of Arabic script in coral-red ink featuring tall vertical strokes above the letterforms

Unknown, Inscribed Textile (Tiraz) Fragment, 908-932/295-320 A.H., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Inscribed Textile (Tiraz) Fragment
Culture
Islamic
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
908-932/295-320 A.H.
Medium
Silk embroidery on plain-weave linen
Dimensions
9 1/8 × 13 7/8 in. (23.18 × 35.24 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.613
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.