id: 150675 accession number: 1982.109 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.109 updated: 2025-05-24 12:02:26.057000 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: 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