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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1000
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 185mm, Height: 112mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1128-1900
Record ID	1128-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1000
Notes	Tapestry woven silk on linen. Egyptian, El-Azam, Fatimid, ca. AD1000-1200. Tiraz. The linen in undyed; approx. 16x18 tpc with uneven thread diameters; and stained. Some slit-tapestry. The decoration is of a band of geometric design in brown and blue silk. Some lines are repeated and at the top one circular motif remains. In the Abbasid period (AD750-1258) fabrics, called tiraz, were made in present day Iraq and Egypt. The word came to mean honorific robes with woven or embroidered inscriptions. Text from the Koran was embroidered across the fabric with a line of geometric shapes above that were probably for decoration. Text might also include information such as the name of the reigning caliph, place of production and date.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven linen and silk Linen Silk Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Tapestry woven silk on linen. The linen in undyed; approx. 16x18 tpc with uneven thread diameters; and stained. Some slit-tapestry. The decoration is of a band of geometric design in brown and blue silk. Some lines are repeated and at the top one circular motif remains.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1000

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 185mm, Height: 112mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1128-1900

Record ID 1128-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1000

Notes Tapestry woven silk on linen. Egyptian, El-Azam, Fatimid, ca. AD1000-1200. Tiraz. The linen in undyed; approx. 16x18 tpc with uneven thread diameters; and stained. Some slit-tapestry. The decoration is of a band of geometric design in brown and blue silk. Some lines are repeated and at the top one circular motif remains. In the Abbasid period (AD750-1258) fabrics, called tiraz, were made in present day Iraq and Egypt. The word came to mean honorific robes with woven or embroidered inscriptions. Text from the Koran was embroidered across the fabric with a line of geometric shapes above that were probably for decoration. Text might also include information such as the name of the reigning caliph, place of production and date.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven linen and silk Linen Silk Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Tapestry woven silk on linen. The linen in undyed; approx. 16x18 tpc with uneven thread diameters; and stained. Some slit-tapestry. The decoration is of a band of geometric design in brown and blue silk. Some lines are repeated and at the top one circular motif remains.