id:			127892
accession number:	1950.528
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.528
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:16.841000

Striped tiraz, 1049–50. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of al-Mustansir. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk; overall: 41 x 24.1 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.); mounted: 47 x 30.5 cm (18 1/2 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.528

title:				Striped tiraz
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creation date:			1049–50
creation date earliest:		1049
creation date latest:		1050
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of al-Mustansir
technique:	plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 41 x 24.1 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Mounted: 47 x 30.5 cm (18 1/2 x 12 in.)
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	inscription:	The lower line reads, "Help from Allah to the servant and friend of Allah, Ma’add Abu Tamin the Imam a[l-Mustansir bi-Allah]. . . ." The upper line reads, ". . . al-barakat al-Husayn bin al-Shaykh(?) ‘Imam al-Dawlah Muhammad bin [Ahmad]. . . ."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Gallery 207 textile rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 20, 2002-May 5, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2002-06-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Emil Delmar [1876-1959], Budapest, Hungary, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1950
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1950-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire, Etienne Combe, Jean Sauvaget, and Gaston Wiet. Répertoire chronologique d'épigraphie arabe. Le Caire: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, volume VII, 1936.
	page number: 	no. 2547
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 213
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n237

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 269
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n289

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 106, fig. 3.23; Mentioned: P. 107
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