Tiraz fragment
date: label: Date
content: 10th–11th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tiraz fragment of natural-colored linen with a two-centimeter wide band of multicolored silk tapestry medallions with bird-like forms. Fragment of selvedge on one side. Possibly from the Fatamid period.
place: label: 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: 1972-81-28
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Tiraz fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave, slit tapestry
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21 × 41 cm (8 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)