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Image scanned from a 35mm slide and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Silk Fragment
Image scanned from a 35mm slide and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a 35mm slide and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Silk Fragment

Artist Unknown
CultureTurkish
Date18th century
MediumSilk | Wool
DimensionsOverall: 30 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (76.8 x 65.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 36 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (93.3 x 80.6 x 4.4 cm)
InscribedInscription bands in the "thuluth" script: Top band: "Blessing and peace upon you, the prphet of God". The large central band: "God, there is none but He - Muhammad". The narrow first band: "May God be pleased with Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman and Ali and with all the other companions [of the Prophet]". The second large band: "God, there is none but He-Muhammad". The second narrow band: "Oh God, bless and give peace to their nobilities all the prophets and representatives".
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Object number53.55.4
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a green silk fragment, part of a larger Ottoman tomb cover, decorated with zig-zag inscription bands in the "thuluth" script. The inscriptions do not include the name of the deceased, but the writing expresses various orthodox statments of faith.

Exhibition HistoryFall Exhibition of Norfolk Society of Arts, Nov. 1953, "Near Eastern Art."
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