Turban or shawl end with tiraz and gold (Q60780785)

Label from: English (en)

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artist: no value
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used: linen (Q1426327) silk (Q37681) metal-wrapped thread (Q1429223)
fabrication method: plain weave (Q1153946) tapestry weaving (Q29167534)
instance of: textile artwork (Q22075301) textile (Q28823)

catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1965.313

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: Woven with consummate skill, this very fine linen fabric enriched with silk and gold thread displays small birds amid interlacing bands flanked by Arabic inscriptions. It represents the final artistic and technical height of imperial textiles called

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