Textile
date: label: Date
content: 16th–17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment of woven silk with zigzag bands of Kufic script in white on a red ground. The inscriptions are translated as (top to bottom):
label: Description
content: There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the prophet of God (repeated)
label: Description
content: Say: He is God alone: God the Eternal! He begetteth not and is not begotten; and there is none like unto him
label: Description
content: Allah (repeated) Muhammad (repeated)
label: Description
content: Truly we have given thee an abundance; Pray therefore to the Lord, and slay the victims. Verily whoso hateth thee shall be childless
place: label: made in
content: Turkey
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1902-1-381
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: compound satin Label: silk compound satin
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40.7 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.)