an Ottoman silk and metal thread curtain, 19th century

of rectangular form, with red silk ground with panels of applied green and grey silk embroidered with silver and silver gilt threads with a central inscription flanked by two columns, supporting an arched with niche with stalactite, the spandrels with calligraphic roundels bordered by a band of repeating eight-pointed stars, at the foot a pair of vases with leafy stems, the border with repeating palmette design.

Wear and tear to the silk ground with some staining and holes along the right side metal threads in good condition, as viewed
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inscriptions
In the two roundels:  The shahada

In the cartouches in the arch, repetition of:

shafa'a ya rasul allah

'Intercession, O Messenger of God!

In the panel: Qur'an, surah al-Ahzab (XXXIII), 45

In the tear-shaped cartouche, the name 'Mahmud ibn 'Abd al-Hamid'.

In (I have forgotten to note where), in mirrored form:

allahu al-ghafur

'God is the Most forgiving'