Curtain for the Door of the Ka‘bah
Title:
Curtain for the Door of the Ka‘bah
Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Materials: black silk, relief-embroidered in silver and gilt wire over cotton thread padding
Dimensions: 645 x 338cm
Accession Number: TXT 585
Script:
The calligraphy is signed in two locations by ‘Abd al-Rahim Amin, who designed the inscriptions on the modern Saudi Ka‘bah curtains. The date, 1434, is embroidered at the bottom right of the large panel near the top of the curtain.
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