Tiraz fragment
date: label: Date
content: 10th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Warps consist of alternating stripes of dark blue and tan. The weft has blue threads except at the bottom which has a wide stripe made from white weft threads. Just below is a narrow stripe of alternating red and yellow silk wefts. The tapestry insert consists of connected cartouches with a design of crudely rendered animals in red, white, yellow, green, and black silk. Tapestry insert is predominantly yellow.
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: 1942-30-1-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Tiraz fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with slit tapestry
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 28.2 × 31.2 cm (11 1/8 × 12 5/16 in.)