Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 10th–12th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: One end of a loosely woven plain weave wool fabric with tapestry woven bands at one one. One band derived from Arabic script in black and ivory. The wider band a repeat of units containing two birds and a polychrome geometric band. The wider band reserved in the dying of the fabric to produce a deep red. Warp fringe at bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1972-81-29
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, wool Technique: plain weave, resist dyed, tapestry weave, wefts single, eccentric wefts, slits, vertical wrapping
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 35.6 × 67.3 cm (14 × 26 1/2 in.)