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Medium:
Medium: mulham Technique: painted on plain weave
Dimensions:
H x W: 13 x 29.5 cm (5 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Type:
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Tiraz
Date:
12th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Section of undyed mulham with right-hand part of decorated horizontal inscription band sketchily drawn on it: crude Kufic characters in black on blue guard bands outlined in black. Row of birds fly left above band, sketched in black and touched with gilt and blue. Close above them narrower band with flowerheads and scrolls sketched in black on ground touched with gilt; alternate flowerheads touched with blue; narrow guard strip outlined in black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frances Morris
Accession Number:
1951-111-35
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45818f7f4-1868-47ce-a186-09bfe3ed6a3a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1951-111-35