Lot 58 AN OTTOMAN METAL-THREAD CURTAIN OR COVER WITH THE TUGHRA OF SULTAN ABDUL-HAMID, DATED 1323 AH/1905 AD
Of rectangular form, the bright red ground features inscriptions and is applied with panels embroidered with silver and silver-gilt metal wires. The design includes two central calligraphic cartouches, two calligraphic roundels, and one calligraphic palmette with the tughra of Sultan Abdul-Hamid, along with a crest-shaped arabesque, flanked by a border of small palmettes, each bearing an inscription.
The inscriptions, all in large thuluth script and embroidered in silver metal wires on a gilt-embroidered ground, include:
Upper band: Cartouches enclosing a repetition of "God, Muhammad."
Upper central rectangle: The phrase Klimaat al-Tawhid.
Two roundels: Enclosing the phrases, "Glory be to Allah and His is the praise, Glory be to Allah, the Most Great."
Central lower cartouche: The tughra of Sultan Abdul-Hamid (r. 1876–1909 AD).
Lower central rectangle: The inscription reads: ya rasul allah / mawlana al-sultan Abdul-Hamid / yatlub al-shifa'ah bi-hadha al-mihrab al-nabawi al-sharif sana 1323AH, translated as: "O Messenger of God! Our lord Sultan Abdul-Hamid seeks intercession through this Noble Prophet's mihrab. Year 1323AH / 1905AD." 255 by 370 cm