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Tapestry
Egyptian (Arabic)
12th century
Medium/Technique
Linen and silk
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 18 cm (12 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.697
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: blue and white ikat linen cloth. Design: two silk tapestry bands; guilloche of yellow and white framing white rabbit and conventional figure (arranged alternately, red and yellow silk and undyed linen) on a red ground. Above and below (addorsed) is a narrow line of simple Kufic (.003 high; red and white on yellow ground) which has mostly perished. Very worn and ragged. Inscription undeciphered. See note.
Provenance1930, sold by Madame Marguerite Sursock, Paris to the MFA. (Accession date: October 16, 1930)