Fragment of a Tiraz
Unknown Artist
932–40
Medium
silk embroidery on linen tabby ground
Dimensions
33 × 46.4 cm
Classification
Embroidery
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of George D. Pratt
Accession Number
1932.31
About this artwork
The design consists of a broad five partite decorative band with geometric ornamentation in red, red and green, and yellow and dark blue, and a single line of Arabic text embroidered in red on the plain ecru linen cloth. This inscription, extremely damaged and fragmentary, has been deciphered only in part.