Tiraz Textile Fragment
Object type: Tiraz fragment
Department: Islamic Art
Date: late 9th–early 10th century
Medium: Cotton, ink, and gold; plain weave, resist-dyed (ikat), painted
Inscription: black ink and gold leaf; painted
Dimensions: Textile: L. 23 in. (58.4 cm)
            W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Mount: L. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm)
            W. 21 in. (53.3 cm)
            D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
            Wt. 8 lbs. (3.6 kg)
Classification: Textiles
Geography: Made in    Yemen  
Credit line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1929
Accession year: 1929
Tags: Arabic