id: 127913 accession number: 1950.549 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.549 updated: 2025-03-06 12:16:03.815000 Tiraz with gold, probably from a wide sleeve, 1013–1020. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Hakim, 1013–20. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 23.5 x 62.3 cm (9 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.549 title: Tiraz with gold, probably from a wide sleeve title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1013–1020 creation date earliest: 1013 creation date latest: 1020 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Hakim, 1013–20 technique: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 23.5 x 62.3 cm (9 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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. --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': '2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-02-27T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Dr. Emil Delmar [1876-1959], Budapest, Hungary, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1950 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire, Etienne Combe, Jean Sauvaget, et Gaston Wiet. Répertoire chronologique d'épigraphie arabe. Le Caire: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1931. page number: no. 2214 url: 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. 56 url: 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. 99, fig. 3.14; Mentioned: P. 99, 215 url: O'Kane, Bernard. "The Egyptian Art of the Tiraz in Fatimid Times." In The World of the Fatimids. Melikian-Chirvani, Assadullah Souren, ed. Toronto: Aga Khan Museum in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies and Hirmer, 2018. page number: Mentioned: pp. 182-183; Reproduced: p. 183 url: McWilliams, Mary, and Jochen A. Sokoly. Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museums, 2021. page number: Mentioned: p. 15, 55 and 97; Reproduced: p. 15, fig. 6, p. 55, fig. 7 and 8, and 96. url: Hanson, Robin and Holly Witchey. "Dorothy Shepherd and the Cleveland Museum of Art's Ancient Near Eastern and Islamic Art Collection." Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals 20, n. 3 (September 2024): 461-473. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 468 (fig. 6) url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.549/1950.549_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.549/1950.549_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.549/1950.549_full.tif