Publication Date
The second half of the third century - the beginning of the fourth century AH / the end of the ninth century - the beginning of the tenth century AD
Publication Place
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Cotton, ink and gold, plain weave (uncoloured), resist dye (ikat) drawn, engraving: black ink and gold leaf, drawn
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
القماش : الطول : 58.4 سم ، العرض : 40.6 سم الحامل : الطول : 69.9 سم ، العرض : 53.3 سم ، العمق : 2.2 سم ، الوزن : 8 رطل ، 3.6 كغ
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
29.179.9
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus23;14;ar
Library Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
The second half of the third century - the beginning of the fourth century AH / the end of the ninth century - the beginning of the tenth century AD
Notes
Striped fabrics from Yemen were famous in the Middle Ages throughout the Islamic world. They were made using the ikat technique, in which the cotton warp threads were braided together and dyed with a resist dye before being arranged on a loom to form patterns in a planned, geometric shape. The regularity of the weaving and the softness of the cotton threads of the style cloth attest to its status as a luxury piece, and the pattern formed in a special, high-level style with flowers and interlaced with a Kufic script that includes the phrase “The Kingdom belongs to God.”
Sample Text
"A piece of cloth (style) from an ikat shawl" in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;14;ar
