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Location: Turkey
Materials: silk lampas, with satin ground and twill pattern
Dimensions: 45 x 35.5cm
Accession Number: TXT 539
Other Notes: This fragment comes from the internal kiswah presented by the Ottoman sultan ‘Abdülaziz (r. 1861–1876) in his first regnal year. It was the last internal kiswah to be sent by the Ottomans, and it remained there until 1936, when it was replaced by an Indian-made one.
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