Textile Fragment with Tapestry Medallion and Border

Probably 10th century

Medium: Linen with silk tapestry, and gold-foil thread
Dimensions: 10 5/16 × 10 5/16 in. (26.2 × 26.2 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1937.4605
Geography: Iran
Culture: Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: Abbasid dynasty (750–1258)
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York, purchase in Cairo in 1937; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

tapestries

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