Tapestry Panel

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1959.48

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CMA_.1959.48

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Egyptian

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Egyptian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Egypt, al-Bahnasá, Abbasid period, 9th century

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Egypt, al-Bahnasá, Abbasid period, 9th century

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Egypt, al-Bahnasá, Abbasid period, 9th century

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Egypt, al-Bahnasá, Abbasid period, 9th century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Tapestry Panel

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Tapestry Panel

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Detail

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Detail

View

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Creation Date:

800s

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800s

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

800

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800

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

899

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899

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

tapestry weave; wool and linen

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tapestry weave; wool and linen

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Tapestries

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Tapestries

Classification Term

false

Classification Term:

Tapestries

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Tapestries

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 80cm x 83.2cm

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Overall: 80cm x 83.2cm

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1959.48

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1959.48

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

(Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris).

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(Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris).

Provenance

false

Context:

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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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.

Context

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