id: 127673
accession number: 1950.354
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Turban end with tiraz, 983–990. Egypt, Tinnis, Fatimid period, datable to 983-90. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk; overall: 49.5 x 151.1 cm (19 1/2 x 59 1/2 in.); mounted: 60.3 x 161.9 cm (23 3/4 x 63 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.354
title: Turban end with tiraz
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creation date: 983–990
creation date earliest: 983
creation date latest: 990
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Egypt, Tinnis, Fatimid period, datable to 983-90
technique: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk
department: Textiles
collection: Textiles
type: Textile
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measurements: Overall: 49.5 x 151.1 cm (19 1/2 x 59 1/2 in.); Mounted: 60.3 x 161.9 cm (23 3/4 x 63 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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).
title: Islamic art rotation
opening date: 2013-12-16T05:00:00
Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014).
title: Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Egyptian Tombs, 9th - 12th Century
opening date: 2022-01-22T05:00:00
Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Egyptian Tombs, 9th - 12th Century. Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (January 22-May 8, 2022) https://harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/5836/social-fabrics-inscribed-textiles-from-medieval-egyptian-tombs.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Gallery 207 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 20, 2002-May 5, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2002-06-20T00:00:00'}
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.
page number: no. 55
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Kühnel, Ernst. Four Remarkable Ṭirāz Textiles. [Locust Valley, N.J.]: [J.J. Augustin], 1952.
page number: p. 147-48, pl. XXVII, fig.1
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 691
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n126
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 213
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n237
Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 96-97, fig. 3.12; Mentioned: P. 97-98, 103
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McWilliams, Mary, and Jochen A. Sokoly. Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museums, 2021.
page number: Mentioned: p. 26, 53 and 95; Reproduced: opposite title page, p.27, fig. 12, p. 53, fig 4 and p.94
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