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LNS 219 T

Fragment from a linen robe with a tiraz inscription invoking God’s blessings on the caliph (probably the Abbasid caliph Ja‘far al-Muqtadir, (r. 295-317 AH/908-929 AD with interruption)

LNS 1094 T

Cotton shawl embroidered with vegetal designs and a lover’s lament in Persian language (naskhi script) mentioning the city of Bamyan, in Afghanistan

LNS 443 T

Silk panel from a garment with pairs of sphinxes, and a repetition of the word ‘glory’ in Kufic script along the upper edge

LNS 34 T

Fragmentary silk textile composed as a series of horizontal bands, alternating between naskhi inscriptions in cartouches (‘Everlasting happiness and steadfast glory [to its owner]’), quadrupeds, angular guilloches, and medallions with geometric star roundels on a ground of half-palmette designs

LNS 13 R

Woollen carpet of geometric layout, featuring a large eight-pointed star, with borders of cartouches alternating with octagons, field and border incorporating myriads of geometric figures of the 90° system and papyrus plant motifs

LNS 11 T

Silk velvet textile fragment in a pattern of staggered rows of triangular groups of three circles (‘leopard spots’), separated by paired undulating ‘tiger’ stripes; ‘Chinese cloud scrolls’ in the interstices

LNS 98 T

Linen textile panel embroidered in a pattern of tulips and serrated lotuses, square plan of repetition; serrated leaves fill the interstices and the border

LNS 119 T

Silk velvet textile fragment in a pattern of staggered rows of carnation flower-heads, with serrated leaves and diminutive trees in the interstices

LNS 26 R

Woollen carpet, the field with staggered rows of ogival and stellate medallions, the interstices densely filled with foliate and floral motifs; border of half-palmette arabesque enclosing flower-heads

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