Tiraz Textile Fragment

قطعة طراز

Tiraz Textile Fragment; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 29.179.9.

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A printed cotton fragment from official tiraz fabrics, Yemen; late ninth to early tenth century. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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