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Type: Piece Of Garment Type: Piece Of Garment
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Embroidered Textile Fragment in the Style of Fatimid Jewelry
Embroidered Textile Fragment in the Style of Fatimid Jewelry

The linen fragment is embroidered with yellow, black, and red thread. It is decorated with bands of elongated six-sided forms, heart shapes, and plant-like designs that imitate Kufic inscriptions.

Piece Of Garment

Fragment of Silk Textile
Fragment of Silk Textile

This small silk textile fragment, from the Fatimid period, is decorated with medallions containing animal and plant motifs and inscription bands.

Piece Of Garment

Leopard Skin Decorated with Golden Stars
Leopard Skin Decorated with Golden Stars

This leopard skin is studded with golden stars and attached to a leopard head made of wood and covered with a sheet of gold.

Piece Of Garment

Piece of  Ayyubid  Linen Textile
Piece of Ayyubid Linen Textile

The piece of linen material is traced to the seventh century AH (thirteenth century AD) from the Ayyubids era.

Piece Of Garment

Piece of Linen Textile Fabric
Piece of Linen Textile Fabric

A piece of linen textile has as its main decoration numerous longitudinal lines with contrasting ornaments. Some of the ornaments are narrow calligraphy and others include geometric decorations and drawings of animals and birds.

Piece Of Garment

Piece of Wool Textile
Piece of Wool Textile

This rectangular piece of wool is decorated with stylized ducks and rabbits and Kufic inscription with foliage and floral designs.

Piece Of Garment

Silk Textile with Six-Petaled Flower
Silk Textile with Six-Petaled Flower

The white silk textile is decorated with a circle delimited with a blue color including a circular line of writing. The phrase is a prayer, in the center of the circle a six-petaled flower.

Piece Of Garment

Textile Fragment Depicts Man Walking
Textile Fragment Depicts Man Walking

A linen fragment has a white design on a red background depicting human figures.

Piece Of Garment

Textile with Birds and Kufic Script
Textile with Birds and Kufic Script

The white textile has two ornamented lines and medallions that include drawings of birds facing each other. The textile is also decorated with two lines of Kufic calligraphy.

Piece Of Garment

Woolen Tulunid Fragment
Woolen Tulunid Fragment

This piece of woolen fabric from the Tulunid period has animal and plant motifs in white, blue, and red.

Piece Of Garment

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