AN OTTOMAN SILK CALLIGRAPHIC TEXTILE, TURKEY 18TH CENTURYthe 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 sideA near identical 18th century silk lampas is illustrated in P.L. Baker, Islamic Textiles, London, 1995155cm x 140cm