Title: Sitarah for the Prophet’s Mosque
Date: dated 1298 AH (1880–81 AD)
Location: Istanbul
Materials: olive-green silk, with orange and red silk appliqués, relief-embroidered in silver and silver-gilt wire over card and cotton thread padding
Dimensions: 220 x 126cm
Accession Number: TXT 323
Other Notes: The embroidered Qur’anic text consists of Surat al-Fath, XLVIII, verses 1–3 in the centre of the curtain, with Surat al-Ahzab, XXXIII, verse 56, above and Surat al-Tawbah, IX, verse 128, below.
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