Detail View: The AMICA Library: Tapestry Panel
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1959.48
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Textiles
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Creator Nationality:
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Egyptian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Egypt, al-Bahnasá, Abbasid period, 9th century
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Egypt, al-Bahnasá, Abbasid period, 9th century
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Title:
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Tapestry Panel
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Detail
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Creation Date:
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800s
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Creation Start Date:
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800
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Creation End Date:
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899
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Materials and Techniques:
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tapestry weave; wool and linen
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Classification Term:
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Tapestries
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Classification Term:
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Tapestries
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 80cm x 83.2cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1959.48
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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(Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris).
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Context:
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This complete panel was undoubtedly intended to serve as a wall hanging or furnishing fabric. Its inscription, written in Arabic along the upper edge of the wide central field, translates: "In the name of God. Blessing from God to its owner. Of what was made in the tiraz." The letters are written in an early stage of ornamental Kufic, which indicates a 9th-century date for the panel. Although the location of the tiraz (royal weaving factory) is not given, a few related tapestries are known from their inscriptions to have been woven in Bahnasá. This city, located in the Faiyum, is known from contemporary Arab sources to have been an important weaving center that specialized in curtains and furnishings.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1959.48det02.tif
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