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Antique Islamic Textile, Egypt,
Fatimid Textile Tiraz, Fatimid Period

969 - 1171 A.D.
Size 10" x 10"
Size 25 x 25cm

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Provenance: Formerly in the H. Kevorkian Collection

Cf: Tissus D’Egypte, Bouvier Collection Geneva

Last picture is similar textile in Brooklyn Museum Islamic Collection New York

Textile Fragment with Figural and Floral Motifs and Inscriptions Coptic and Arabic influences meld in this early Islamic textile fragment to create a fascinating hybrid of Coptic-style human and animal figures in the main band of decoration, and a curious Arabic Kufic inscription that has been transformed into an illegible series of decorative geometric motifs along the upper register. Early Egyptian Islamic textiles such as this one were probably still woven by Coptic weavers, as suggested by the coarse, dark wool foundation and by the way the tapestry-woven Coptic-style decoration in wool and linen is paired with an illegible Kufic script band. Medium: Wool, linen Dates: 7th-8th century Period: Umayyad period Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 26 7/8 in. (22.5 x 68.3 cm) Measurements from accession cards: 7 x 14 1/2 in. (17.8 x 36.8 cm) Frame: 1 5/8 x 15 9/16 x 31 5/8 in. (4.1 x 39.6 x 80.3 cm) (show scale) Collections: Arts of the Islamic World Museum Location: This item is not on view Accession Number: 57.120.3 Credit Line: Anonymous gift Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY-NC Caption: Textile Fragment with Figural and Floral Motifs and Inscriptions, 7th-8th century. Wool, linen, 8 7/8 x 26 7/8 in. (22.5 x 68.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 57.120.3. Creative Commons-BY-NC Image: overall, 57.120.3_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007