EditorialTiraz fragment, Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with slit tapestry, 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 narr...
EditorialTiraz fragment, Medium: linen, silk Technique: plain weave, slit tapestry with eccentric wefts, Tiraz fragment of loosely woven natural-colored linen with a band of yellow and brown silk. Possibly from the Fatamid Period., Egypt, 10th12th century, wove...
EditorialTiraz fragment, Medium: linen, silk Technique: slit tapestry with eccentric weft, Tiraz fragment with a multicolored band with an Islamic inscription and rosettes alternately containing a bird and a flower. Stitched to a fragment of plain weave natural...
EditorialTiraz tapestry, Medium: Warp: linen. Wefts: linen in plain weave area, silk in tapestry area Technique: plain weave and tapestry, Tapestry band in red and beige reaching from one side to the other., 10th12th century, woven textiles, Tiraz tapestry.
EditorialTiraz tapestry fragment, Medium: linen, silk Technique: tapestry weave, Tiraz tapestry fragment showing three bands of guilloche pattern in yellow on red and green. At the center of each circle is a stylized acorn or abstracted animal icon., Egypt, 100...
EditorialTiraz tapestry fragments, Medium: linen, silk Technique: tapestry weave, Two fragments of a tapestry woven band with birds and flowers in medallions in polychrome silk. Tapestry weave, single warps, eccentric wefts, slits and double sided. Poor conditi...
EditorialTiraz fragment, Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Fragment with a narrow band of Kufic inscription embroidered in red silk on woven linen. Made during the Abbasid period caliphate (AD750-1258)., Iraq, Egypt, 750900, embroider...
EditorialTiraz Textile Fragment, Fragment, ca. 102035, Made in Egypt, Linen, silk; plain weave, tapestry weave, H. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm), W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Textiles-Woven.
EditorialIslamic, Egyptian, Fragment of Tiraz Textile, 11th Century, Balanced plain weave (tabby); weft faced plain weave (tapestry), 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
EditorialIslamic, Egyptian, Fragment of a Tiraz Textile with Multiple Inscriptions (illegible), 12th Century, Linen and silk threads, 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.
EditorialIslamic, Egyptian, Fragment of a Tiraz Band (pseudo-inscription), 1000/1200, Balanced plain weave (tabby) one panel; weft faced plain weave with eccentric and discontinuous wefts (tapestry) one panel; ends of two panels roll-hemmed together with yellow...
EditorialTiraz with dense guilloche bands, 1100s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk; overall: 56.5 x 22 cm (22 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.).
EditorialStriped tiraz, 1049-1050. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of al-Mustansir. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk; overall: 39.4 x 22 cm (15 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.).
EditorialFragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile, 1130 - 1149. Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Hafiz, AH 524-544 (A.D. 1130-1149). Tabby ground with inwoven tapestry ornament; linen and silk; overall: 36.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/8 x 10 in.).
EditorialTurban or shawl end with tiraz and gold, 1094. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of al-Musta?li. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold fil?; overall: 62.3 x 54.6 cm (24 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.).
EditorialTiraz with guilloche bands and fringe, 1100s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk; overall: 55 x 17.5 cm (21 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.).
EditorialFragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile, 1130 - 1149. Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Hafiz, AH 524-544, 12th Century. Tabby ground with inwoven tapestry ornament; linen and silk; overall: 26.4 x 13.4 cm (10 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.).
EditorialFragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile, 1081 - 1101. Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Mustansir or al-Musta'li, c. AH 475-495 (A.D. 1081-1101). Tapestry (probably originally inwoven in tabby ground); linen and silk; overall: 21.3 x 6.4 cm (8 3/8 x 2 1...
EditorialFragment of a Tiraz, 10th century. Yemen, San'a', Reign of Rassid Imams, 10th century A.D. (second half of 4th c. AH). Ikat dyed tabby cloth with painted inscription; overall: 41.7 x 30 cm (16 7/16 x 11 13/16 in.).
EditorialTiraz with gold, 1075-1099. Egypt, Fatimid period. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold fil?; overall: 29 x 14.8 cm (11 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.).
EditorialTiraz Fragment, ca. 892?902, Attributed to Eastern Iran or Khurasan, Silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); plain weave, embroidered, Textile: H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Like many tiraz textiles, the kufic inscription embroidered acros...
EditorialTiraz Fragment from an Ikat Shawl, late 9th?early 10th century, Made in Yemen, Cotton, ink, gold; plain weave, resist-dyed (ikat), painted, Textile: H. 23 in. (58.4 cm), Textiles-Painted and/or Printed, The striped textiles of Yemen were famous through...