AN OTTOMAN WOVEN SILK CALLIGRAPHIC TEXTILE

AN OTTOMAN WOVEN SILK CALLIGRAPHIC TEXTILE, TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

the dark red silk ground woven with cream silk thread, divided by horizontal chevrons into a series of alternating wide and narrow bands decorated with calligraphic inscriptions in vigorous .muhaqqaq., with cartouches flanked by two roundels on each side, mounted on board

116.4 by 71.3cm.


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