A Fatimid embroidered tiraz fragment, Egypt, late 11th/early 12th century
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March 25, 02:23 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
woven in polychrome silk thread on a raw linen ground
approximately 22 by 61cm; mounted on card
Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1999, part lot 7
For a discussion of the value of tiraz in the social, political and religious context of early Fatimid society, see Von Folsach, Kjeld, Textiles and Society, The 1994 Hali Annual, London, 1994, pp.8-23.