AN OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED SILVER-THREAD TEXTILE, MAQAM IBRAHIM, EGYPT, CAIRO, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3001752

Element of drapery from the Kaaba for Maqam Ibrahim or for Bab-al-Tawbah. Black silk lampas embroidered with silver threads and applied with pieces of yellow and red silk. ‘Bi-smi llahi rahmani rahimi’ ‘Remember We made the House a place of assembly for men and a place of safety; and take ye the station of Abraham as a place of prayer;’ (Al-Baqarah : 125). 105 by 105 cm.