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

Overall in very good condition, as viewed.
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inscriptions
In bands, repetition of:

1)     The shahadah.
2)     Qur'an, surah Al 'Imran (III), 96.
3)     In small cartouches:  Invocations to God.
4)     Qur'an, surah al-Baqarah (II), parts of 144.

A near identical 18th century silk lampas is illustrated in P.L. Baker, Islamic Textiles, London, 1995, p.94. Another similar panel, dated to the 18th century, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (see Meisterwerke aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Berlin, 1981, no.114, pp.268-9).