id: 127673 accession number: 1950.354 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.354 updated: 2022-01-15 10:00:10.427000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 983-990 creation date earliest: 983 creation date latest: 990 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * * Gallery 207 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 20, 2002-May 5, 2004). * --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This finely woven linen cloth, dyed a cherished pistachio color, was cut from a longer fabric worn folded and wrapped as a turban with the silk tapestry-woven decoration shown off in the front. It contains two opposing rows of nearly identical Arabic text separated by a row of medallions displaying a pair of birds. The historical text begins by praising Allah, asking that he assist the Caliph al-‘Aziz and bless him and his ancestors. The inscription also specifies that the vizier Abu ibn Yusuf ordered the cloth from the private factory (tiraz) in Tinnis. This luxurious cloth could have been a gift from the caliph in Cairo during the Fatimid period to a courtier or visiting dignitary. It is one of the finest known examples. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: Kühnel, Ernst. Four Remarkable Ṭirāz Textiles. [Locust Valley, N.J.]: [J.J. Augustin], 1952. page number: p. 147-48, pl. XXVII, fig.1 url: 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.354/1950.354_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.354/1950.354_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.354/1950.354_full.tif