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Textile Fragment

Arts of the Islamic World

Later Fatimid tiraz textiles demonstrate a revival of Late Antique and Coptic motifs, including the hares and back-to-back birds inhabiting the central medallions of this textile fragment. Depictions of animals and birds, combined with lavish banded ornamentation of colorful, stylized motifs, overtook the importance of historical inscriptions in later Fatimid textiles of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
MEDIUM Linen ground, silk tapestry-woven decorative band
DATES early 12th century
PERIOD Fatimid Period
DIMENSIONS 3 1/2 x 10 3/8in. (8.9 x 26.4cm) Frame: 1 15/16 x 9 1/16 x 16 1/16 in. (5 x 23 x 40.8 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 86.227.102
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Textile Fragment, early 12th century. Linen ground, silk tapestry-woven decorative band, 3 1/2 x 10 3/8in. (8.9 x 26.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.102_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 86.227.102_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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 <em>Textile Fragment</em>, early 12th century. Linen ground, silk tapestry-woven decorative band, 3 1/2 x 10 3/8in. (8.9 x 26.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.102_PS1.jpg)