A BLACK SILK KAABA KISWA, EGYPT OR SAUDIA ARABIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Section of a kiswa or textile that was made to cover the Kaaba, of rectangular form.
The design consists of invocations to God and the Profession of Faith woven into the fabric. These are composed in a style known as jali thuluth.

Embellished with undulating bands running from the beginning to the end of the cloth.
The inscriptions : - Kalimaat al-Tawhid - ‘
- "I gratefully declare and believe Allah to be devoid of any deficiencies, I declare and believe the Omnipotent Allah is free of every defect".
67 by 160 cm.