Textile Fragment
early 12th century
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Object Label
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.
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) Frame: 1 15/16 x 9 1/16 x 16 1/16 in. (5 x 23 x 40.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.102. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Title
Textile Fragment
Date
early 12th century
Period
Fatimid Period
Medium
Linen ground, silk tapestry-woven decorative band
Classification
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)
Credit Line
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
86.227.102
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