Sitarah for the Prophet’s Mosque

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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