Embroidered tiraz fragment
date: label: Date
content: 10th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment with a narrow band of Kufic inscription embroidered in red silk on woven linen. Made during the Abbasid period caliphate (AD750-1258).
place: label: possibly made in
content: Iraq
label: possibly made in
content: Egypt
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Marian Hague
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1971-50-38
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered tiraz fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.4 × 31.1 cm (6 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.)