Tiraz tapestry fragments
date: label: Date
content: 10th–12th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two fragments of a tapestry woven band with birds and flowers in medallions in polychrome silk. Tapestry weave, single warps, eccentric wefts, slits and double sided. Poor condition with many wefts missing.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Egypt
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1972-81-30-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Tiraz tapestry fragments
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk Technique: tapestry weave
label: Dimensions
content: A/ H x W: 4.5 × 16 cm (1 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: B/ H x W: 4.5 × 16 cm (1 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)