Ikat textile; Cairo; Textiles; Cotton; Gold; Linen; Paint; Ink; Kufic Inscription, Rosette

Notes:

Tiraz textile. Cotton with resist-dyed warp (ikat), ink, and gold paint. A barely legible Arabic benedictory inscription is painted in gold and highlighted in black pigment. Above this line of script is the short laudatory expression "Dominion belongs to Him [God]" (al-mulk lahu). (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig)

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Cairo; Textiles; Egypt

Language:

UND

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