id: 150675 accession number: 1982.109 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.109 updated: 2023-08-23 22:43:49.624000 Tiraz with gold, 1020–35. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Zahir, 1020–1035. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 16.9 x 9.7 cm (6 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.109 title: Tiraz with gold title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1020–35 creation date earliest: 1020 creation date latest: 1035 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Zahir, 1020–1035 technique: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 16.9 x 9.7 cm (6 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Lower line (inverted): "[In] the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. There is no god but Allāh alone." Upper line: "[son of the imam al-Haki]m bi-amr-Allāh, Commander of the Faithful, God's benedictions." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1982 opening date: 1983-01-05T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983). title: Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries opening date: 1991-11-26T05:00:00 Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: The dominant gold ground of a tripartite band displays horned bovines with cloven hooves alternating with stylized palmette trees flanked by opposing lines of text on the dark blue linen ground. The historical inscription is written in kufic script with elongated bowls of the lower letters. The text and epigraphy indicate a date during the caliphate of al-Zahir (r. 1020–35). wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 104, fig. 3.20: Mentioned: P. 105, 215 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.109/1982.109_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.109/1982.109_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.109/1982.109_full.tif