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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: 160mm, Height: 110mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	CIRC.491-1919
Record ID	CIRC.491-1919
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1000
Notes	Slit-tapestry woven silk. Egyptian, Manshiya?, Fatimid, ca. AD1000-1200. Tiraz. The warp is black/dark blue with the geometric pattern in red on a yellow background. There are two geometric borders on each edge of the fragment and in the middle, patterns form a number of lines criss-crossing across the band. The piece is fragmented with much fraying. In the Abbasid period (AD750-1258) fabrics, called tiraz, were made in present day Iraq and Egypt. Text from the Koran was embroidered across the fabric with a line of geometric shapes above that were probably for decoration. The word came to mean honorific robes with woven or embroidered inscriptions. Text might also include information such as the name of the reigning caliph, place of production and date.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	A slit-tapestry woven silk. The warp is black/dark blue with the geometric pattern in red on a yellow background. There are two geometric borders on each edge of the fragment and in the middle, patterns form a number of lines criss-crossing across the band. The piece is fragmented with much fraying.

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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: 160mm, Height: 110mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID CIRC.491-1919

Record ID CIRC.491-1919

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1000

Notes Slit-tapestry woven silk. Egyptian, Manshiya?, Fatimid, ca. AD1000-1200. Tiraz. The warp is black/dark blue with the geometric pattern in red on a yellow background. There are two geometric borders on each edge of the fragment and in the middle, patterns form a number of lines criss-crossing across the band. The piece is fragmented with much fraying. In the Abbasid period (AD750-1258) fabrics, called tiraz, were made in present day Iraq and Egypt. Text from the Koran was embroidered across the fabric with a line of geometric shapes above that were probably for decoration. The word came to mean honorific robes with woven or embroidered inscriptions. Text might also include information such as the name of the reigning caliph, place of production and date.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama A slit-tapestry woven silk. The warp is black/dark blue with the geometric pattern in red on a yellow background. There are two geometric borders on each edge of the fragment and in the middle, patterns form a number of lines criss-crossing across the band. The piece is fragmented with much fraying.