Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs

Exploring prize textiles known as tiraz, whose meaning and materiality illuminate the interwoven communities of the medieval Islamic world

Social Fabrics looks at tiraz--highly prized textiles enhanced with woven, embroidered, or painted inscriptions in Arabic--to trace the structure of medieval Egyptian society during a transformative period. It reveals a story as interwoven and complex as these delicate objects themselves. A...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300260091
• ISBN13: 9780300260090
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Harvard Art Museums
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.2" x 10.2"