Brooklyn Museum: Arts of the Islamic World: Bird in a Medallion

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Bird in a Medallion

The graceful bird in this textile medallion is reminiscent of Late Antique and Coptic motifs, yet the textile’s color scheme suggests early Islamic manufacture in Egypt under the Tulunids (circa 868–905).

Medium: Linen, tapestry-woven
Place Made: Egypt
Dates: late 9th-early 10th century
Dynasty: Tulunid
Period: Tulunid Dynasty
Dimensions: 4 7/16 x 3 3/4 in. (11.3 x 9.5 cm) Frame: 1 5/8 x 10 11/16 x 8 3/16 in. (4.1 x 27.1 x 20.8 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Islamic World
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 84.270
Credit Line: Gift of Virgil Bird
Image: Overall, 84.270_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

Catalogue Description: Long necked bird woven in ochre linen against dark blue ground. White and ochre wing and flying scarf. White foot and floral stem extending from beak. Condition: some loss of weft threads above head, at right, below and at left. Securely sewn onto backing remounted Jan. 1985. See conservation report.

Collections: Arts of the Islamic World: Bird in a Medallion