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Tiraz fragment with embroidered patterns and script
13th-14th century (Medieval)
Linen with purple or dark brown embroidery (wool?)
The motifs embroidered on a plain woven undyed linen cloth are largely geometric patterning including crosses, stepped motifs, and meanders. Two narrow bands in the overall matrix of pattern bear inscriptions in a kind of square Kufic script, which repeats and is mirrored.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 9/16 in. (12.1 x 14.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters. Maurice Nahman, 1928
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
83.611