A GREEN GROUND SILK BANNER EMBROIDERED WITH SILVER AND GILT THREAD, EGYPT, 1343 AH/1924 AD

Silk banner embroidered with silver and silver gilt thread square shape with a elegantly decorated with calligraphic cartridges within a radiant solar design, leaf numbering borders, with three cartouches containing text. The first cartouche: the inscription with verse 255 from surah Al-Baqarah The second cartouche: this is the shrine of the late Sheikh Hasouna Al-Nawawi Sheikh of the Al-Azhar Mosque. The third cartouche: the Mufti of the Egyptian Diaspora next to his Lord on the twenty-fourth Sunday of Shawwal. All surrounded by a border of palmettes and floral motifs. 135 by 135 cm.