AN OTTOMAN 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 black and red silk ground with a large roundel enclosing in thuluth script Quran 112 surah Al-Ikhlas or Al-Tawhid, to the centre four words of 'O, Allah'.
All surrounded by flower sprigs and arabesque on a red and black ground.
104 by 104 cm.