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Tomb cover fragment with Koranic inscriptions

Tomb cover fragment with Koranic inscriptions

Probably early 18th century
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueSilk; plain weave with complementary wefts and inner warps (taqueté)
Dimensions67.3 x 41.9 x 37.5 cm (26.50 x 16.50 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number03.700
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift of Denman Waldo Ross to MFA, February 16, 1903.
End panel of a sash
17th century
Woman's jacket
Late 18th or first half of the 19th century
Woman's jacket
19th century
Fragment with birds, flowers, and animal predators
18th century
Fragment with Koranic inscriptions
Early 18th century
Fragments with court scenes
Third quarter of the 18th century
Textile fragment with inscriptions
1710–11 (A.H. 1122)
Panel with birds in flowering foliage
First quarter of the 17th century
Banded fragment with birds and inscriptions
11th or 12th century
Fragment of trim from a coat
5th-6th century A.D.
Strips
A.D. 1000–1476
Tunic
A.D. 1000–1476