An Ottoman silk and metal-thread curtain, with tughra of Sultan 'Abd al-Majid (r. A.H. 1255-77/ A.D. 1839-61)

of rectangular form, the green ground applied with red and yellow-green panels embroidered with silver and silver-gilt metal threads, with central inscription flanked by spiralling columns and surrounded by twirling floral and foliate motifs over the tughra of Sultan 'Abd al-Majid, with two calligraphic central roundels and curved cartouches, framed by a floral pattern on an alternating red and yellow-green ground

Very minor fraying throughout. Three very small dots to the right corner. Matted on a modern backing. As viewed.
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inscriptions

In the top cartouche:  Qur'an, surah al-Ahzab (XXXIII), 45.

In the red roundel:  A hadith of the Prophet.

In the green roundels: The shahada.

In the middle:  Qur'an, surah al-Baqara (II), 255.

With the tughra of Sultan 'Abd al-Majid (A.H. 1255-77/ A.D. 1839-61).