Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment with Inscription

Date

before 1968

Medium

Silk: compound tabby and broken twill weave

Culture

Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

On a plain golden tan ground is a dark band containing two rows of a plaited Kufic inscription woven in the weft direction. The golden tan lettering within each band is oriented in the warp direction. The upper inscription row is three times larger than lower. The plain area below the inscription band and the inscription band are woven in compound tabby. The plain area above inscription band is woven in 3/1 broken twill.

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