Silk Kufic Brocade

1100

Brocade woven in red and olive green silks and gold thread on a cream-coloured ground. Along the top is the Kufic inscription "Arrahmãn" (The Merciful) several times repeated in olive green on a gold-thread ground. Pairs of seated animals, addorsed regardant, and geese vis-a-vis are worked within the lozenge-shaped compartments of the trellis framework which regulates the pattern. Both animals and birds are separated by conventional trees, and the latter are enclosed in inscriptions of Kufic characters. Siculo-Saracenic; 11th or 12th century. 5 1/2 in. sq.
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 4, Page 621

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