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Near Eastern Persian, Persia

textile fragments; textile fragment; burial cloth, 1100s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Near Eastern

Title

textile fragments; textile fragment; burial cloth

Year

1100s

Medium

silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • compound weave,
  • supplementary weft patterning

Dimensions

22.9 cm (9 inches) (length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Kufic inscription (translation): Be not secure from death in any place nor at any breath

Place

Persia

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

36.010

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Textile Treasures from the Permanent Collection

January 16 - March 1, 1987

Surface Versus Structure

March 22 - August 15, 1985

Islamic Art

October 7, 1982 - April 24, 1983

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is textile fragments; textile fragment; burial cloth with the accession number of 36.010. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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