id: 142304
accession number: 1966.135
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.135
updated: 2023-12-07 17:05:17.375000
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
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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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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 74.2 x 37.1 cm (29 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
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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
Year in Review: 1967. 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.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 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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