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Curtain for the Door of the Ka‘bah
Location: Cairo, Egypt; commissioned by Sultan Selim III
Materials: black silk, with coloured silk appliqués, relief-embroidered in silver and silver-gilt wire over cotton thread padding
Dimensions: 502 x 230cm
Accession Number: TXT 352
Script:
The commissioning notice is in the central green-coloured, tear drop-shaped cartouche.
