Tiraz fragment

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.29.179.9

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MMA_.29.179.9

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Middle Eastern; Arabian; Yemeni

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Asian; Middle Eastern; Arabian; Yemeni

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Yemen

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Yemen

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Attributed to Yemen

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Attributed to Yemen

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Tiraz fragment

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Tiraz fragment

Title

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Title Type:

Object name

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Object name

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

10th century

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10th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

900

ocs

900

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

999

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999

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Cotton, ink, gold leaf; plain weave with painted decoration

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Cotton, ink, gold leaf; plain weave with painted decoration

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

23 x 16 in. (58.4 x 40.6 cm)

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23 x 16 in. (58.4 x 40.6 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

29.179.9

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29.179.9

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of George D. Pratt, 1929

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Gift of George D. Pratt, 1929

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

The striped textiles of Yemen were famous in medieval times throughout the Islamic world. They were made in the ikat technique, in which the cotton warp threads were bundled together and resist-dyed before being arranged on the loom to form patterns of arrowheads and diamonds. Inscriptions on Yemeni ikats are usually either embroidered or, as here, painted. Extreme stylization through plaiting and floriation sometimes makes the inscriptions very difficult to read. These and other textiles bearing inscriptions were called tiraz, from the Persian word meaning 'embroidery'. They were produced in tiraz factories, some of which were commercial and others, royal. The presence of fringe suggests that this fragment was part of a shawl.

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<P>The striped textiles of Yemen were famous in medieval times throughout the Islamic world. They were made in the ikat technique, in which the cotton warp threads were bundled together and resist-dyed before being arranged on the loom to form patterns of arrowheads and diamonds. Inscriptions on Yemeni ikats are usually either embroidered or, as here, painted. Extreme stylization through plaiting and floriation sometimes makes the inscriptions very difficult to read. These and other textiles bearing inscriptions were called tiraz, from the Persian word meaning 'embroidery'. They were produced in tiraz factories, some of which were commercial and others, royal. The presence of fringe suggests that this fragment was part of a shawl.</P>

Context

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