id:			127922
accession number:	1950.556
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.556
updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:16.887000

Tiraz with gold, 1094 – 1101. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Musta‘lī, 1094–1101. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 21.6 x 55.6 cm (8 1/2 x 21 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.556

title:				Tiraz with gold
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creation date:			1094 – 1101
creation date earliest:		1094
creation date latest:		1101
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Musta‘lī, 1094–1101
technique:	plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 21.6 x 55.6 cm (8 1/2 x 21 7/8 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
	<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

* 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).

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Emil Delmar, Budapest and New York).
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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: 	p. 31
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	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. 95, fig. 3.11 and P. 111, fig. 3.28; Mentioned: P. 111, 116, 215
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