id:			142304
accession number:	1966.135
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.135
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:19.574000

Fragment of Inscription Band, before 1966. Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055). Compound tabby on tabby ground; silk; overall: 74.2 x 37.1 cm (29 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg 1966.135

title:				Fragment of Inscription Band
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creation date:			before 1966
creation date earliest:		945
creation date latest:		1966
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg
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culture:	Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
technique:	compound tabby on tabby ground; silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 74.2 x 37.1 cm (29 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	two parallel inscription bands (1966.135 and 1982.299) with Kufic lettering in dark brown on a lighter brown ground run the warp direction of the cream colored textile with the lettering oriented at right angles to the warp: ". . . sallá Allah 'a[layhi wa-alihi] nabi(an in superscript) wa-bi-al-Qur'an kitab(an in superscript) wa-bi-al-Ka'bah [qiblat(an in superscript)] wa-bi-al-a' immah al-ithná 'ashar 'alayhim al-salam i[mam(an in superscript)]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Werner [1903–1984] and Margaret Harrington Daniels Abegg [1901–1999], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1966
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1966-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Annual Report for 1966.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 54, no. 6, 1967, pp. 159–197.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 177-178
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152162

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