AN OTTOMAN RED SILK KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
An Ottoman Kaaba kiswa brocade or samadiyah, of square form placed always on the four corners of the Kaaba.
Embellished in silver and gilt wires on a red silk ground with a large roundel enclosing in thuluth script Quran 112 surah Al-Ikhlas or Al-Tawhid, the elongated ' Lams ' interpersed with each other forming geometric desgins enclosing the name of Mahmud II. Further with a circular band containing cartouches enclosing Quran 48 surah al-Fatḥ v.1-v.3 and Kalimaat Altawhid.
All surrounded by flower sprigs and arabesque with roundels of the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs on a red and green ground.
125 by 125 cm.