textile fragment

Not on Display

Geography:
Mesopotamia; Iraq
Materials:
linen; silk; strip, gold
Collection:
The Textile Museum Collection
Accession Number:
31.6
Credit Line:
Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1936
Date:
9th century
Copyright:
Public domain
Object Type:
Textile
Dimensions:
39.37 L x 46.99 W cm (15 1/2 L x 18 1/2 W in)
Structure:
plain weave; supplementary-weft patterning
Bibliography:
Richard Ettinghausen (Author) and Oleg Grabar (Author) and Marilyn Jenkins-Madina (Author), Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2001, p. 72, pl. 112
Louise W. Mackie (Co-Author) and Ann Pollard Rowe (Co-Author), Masterpieces in The Textile Museum, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 1976, p. 11, fig. 2
Kühnel, Ernest (Author), "Abbasid Silks of the Ninth Century", Ars orientalis, Freer Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution and Fine Arts Department, University of Michigan, Washington, D.C. and Ann Arbour, MI, 1957, vol. 2, pl. 1, fig. 1
Louise W. Mackie (Author), "Increase the Prestige: Islamic Textiles", Arts of Asia, Arts of Asia, Hong Kong, 1996, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 87, fig. 63
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Exhibition History:
Old Yarns with a new Twist: Familiar Favorites from the Textile Museum's Collection, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, June 08, 1984 - September 23, 1984
Seldom Seen: Director's Choice from the Museum's Collections, February 10, 2006 - July 30, 2006
Museum Sampler, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, November 01, 1967 - April 30, 1968
Masterpieces in the Textile Museum, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, March 27, 1976 - September 30, 1976
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