Textile Fragment
12th century
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
A colorful parade of interlocking bands, scrolling motifs, and running hares in brilliant red, golden yellow, white, black, and luminous blue creates the registers of this tapestry-woven fragment. In textiles such as this one from the late Fatimid or early Ayyubid period, there is an increased interest in ornament and the inscriptions serve mainly as decorative frameworks.
Caption
Textile Fragment, 12th century. Silk and linen, tapestry-woven, 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (47 x 39.4 cm) Frame: 1 1/2 x 21 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. (3.8 x 55 x 48.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 39.90. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Title
Textile Fragment
Date
12th century
Dynasty
Fatimid or Ayyubid
Period
Fatimid or Ayyubid
Geography
Place made: Africa
Medium
Silk and linen, tapestry-woven
Classification
Dimensions
18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (47 x 39.4 cm) Frame: 1 1/2 x 21 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. (3.8 x 55 x 48.8 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
39.90
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