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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1000
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Death Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Piece 1 width: 50mm, Piece 1 height: 22mm, Piece 2 width: 105mm, Piece 2 height: 65mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	138-1896
Record ID	138-1896
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1000
Notes	A small piece of tapestry woven silk on linen. Egyptian, Manshiya?, Fatimid, ca. AD1000-1200. Tiraz. Possibly from the end of a scarf or girdle. Two pieces form the remains of a band of gemetric decoration in cream, brown, black and light blue silk. The linen is undyed and discoloured; 23x18 tpc. 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	tapestry woven silk on linen. Linen Silk Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	A small piece of tapestry woven silk on linen. Possibly from the end of a scarf or girdle. Two pieces form the remains of a band of gemetric decoration in cream, brown, black and light blue silk. The linen is undyed and discoloured; 23x18 tpc.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1000

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Death Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Piece 1 width: 50mm, Piece 1 height: 22mm, Piece 2 width: 105mm, Piece 2 height: 65mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 138-1896

Record ID 138-1896

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1000

Notes A small piece of tapestry woven silk on linen. Egyptian, Manshiya?, Fatimid, ca. AD1000-1200. Tiraz. Possibly from the end of a scarf or girdle. Two pieces form the remains of a band of gemetric decoration in cream, brown, black and light blue silk. The linen is undyed and discoloured; 23x18 tpc. 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 tapestry woven silk on linen. Linen Silk Weaving Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama A small piece of tapestry woven silk on linen. Possibly from the end of a scarf or girdle. Two pieces form the remains of a band of gemetric decoration in cream, brown, black and light blue silk. The linen is undyed and discoloured; 23x18 tpc.