Fragment / textile

Description

Linen and silk textile fragment, tapestry-woven with four horizontal decorative panels, including Arabic and Kulfic inscriptions, from a tomb at al-Drounka: Egypt, Fatimid, 540s - 550s AH / 1126 - 1150 AD

Museum reference

A.1898.491

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Fragment / textile

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

1126 - 1150
540s - 550s AH

Style / Culture

Fatimid

Materials

Linen, Silk

Physical description

Silk

Collection place(s)

el-Drounka, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Collector: Wallis, Henry, 1830 - 1916
el-Drounka, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Discover Islamic Art (01 Dec 2005)
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