id: 111410 accession number: 1929.907 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.907 updated: 2022-01-04 15:09:10.783000 Fragment of a wood-block print on linen, 1200s–1300s. Egypt, Mamluk period, 1200s-1300s. Block printing on linen tabby ground; overall: 11.5 x 19.1 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt 1929.907 title: Fragment of a wood-block print on linen title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1200s–1300s creation date earliest: 1200 creation date latest: 1399 current location: creditline: Gift of George D. Pratt copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Mamluk period, 1200s-1300s technique: block printing on linen tabby ground department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 11.5 x 19.1 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: al-sultan (the sultan) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Techniques of Textile Printing opening date: 1948-10-11T04:00:00 Techniques of Textile Printing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11, 1948-May 29, 1949). title: Design in Printed Textiles opening date: 1961-04-04T04:00:00 Design in Printed Textiles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4-September 3, 1961). title: Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries opening date: 1991-11-26T05:00:00 Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Paul Mallon [1884–1975], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: –1929 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1929– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The design of this printed textile was probably copied from a patterned silk. The Arabic inscription ("the sultan") in the center of each rosette was an abbreviation of an official Mamluk formula. The Buddhist knots in the petals of the rosettes and between the stars as well as the Chinese lotus flowers in the petals of the rosettes are indictive of how strong Mongol influence was in Egypt during the Mamluk period. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Pfister, Rudoph. Les toiles imprimées de Fostat et l'Hindoustan. Paris: Les Éditions d'art et d'histoire, 1938. page number: Reproduced: p. 75, pl. XXIXd url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.907/1929.907_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.907/1929.907_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.907/1929.907_full.tif