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cloth
(قطعة قماش)

Title	cloth
Title Original	قطعة قماش
Publication Date:	Late fourth century - fifth century AH / eleventh century AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Linen and silk
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القماش : الطول : 24.8 سم ، العرض : 23.5 سم الحامل : الطول : 40.6 سم ، العرض : 38.9سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	27.170.67
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;12;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	Late fourth century - fifth century AH / eleventh century AD
Notes	This linen fabric (Tiraz) is lively with colorful animals in varying red, blue and yellow. Unlike most Tiraz fabrics whose primary decoration is an embroidered pattern, this fabric shows a wild rabbit and peacocks facing each other. While this motif refers to pre-Islamic Coptic and Sassanid fabrics, the late date of the fabric, the eleventh century, reflects the shift towards a return to the classical school in Fatimid artistic production. There are two bands of recurring text bearing the word “Allah” in Arabic.
Sample Text	"Fragment of Cloth" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;12;ar

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cloth

(قطعة قماش)

Publication Date Late fourth century - fifth century AH / eleventh century AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Linen and silk

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القماش : الطول : 24.8 سم ، العرض : 23.5 سم الحامل : الطول : 40.6 سم ، العرض : 38.9سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 27.170.67

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;12;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Late fourth century - fifth century AH / eleventh century AD

Notes This linen fabric (Tiraz) is lively with colorful animals in varying red, blue and yellow. Unlike most Tiraz fabrics whose primary decoration is an embroidered pattern, this fabric shows a wild rabbit and peacocks facing each other. While this motif refers to pre-Islamic Coptic and Sassanid fabrics, the late date of the fabric, the eleventh century, reflects the shift towards a return to the classical school in Fatimid artistic production. There are two bands of recurring text bearing the word “Allah” in Arabic.

Sample Text "Fragment of Cloth" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;12;ar