An Ottoman Silk And Metal-Thread Curtain, With The Tughra of Sultan Mahmud II (1223-55/1808-39)

of rectangular form, the green silk ground applied with red and orange cartouches and roundels, embroidered with silver and silver-gilt metal threads, with central roundels below a calligraphic band and roundel at peak, the tughra of Sultan Mahmud flanked by two spiralling columns and framed by a pattern of foliate and floral motifs

overall in good condition. some fraying to silk ground, metal thread still very much intact, as viewed.
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inscriptions

In the roundel: A hadith of the Prophet.
In the middle panel: Qur'an surah Muhammad (XLVII), parts of 19, followed by 'Muhammad the Messenger of God', followed by the signature of Sultan Mahmud in tughra form: 'Mahmud the conqueror son of 'Abd al-Hamid wrote it'.
In the two roundels:  The shahada.
With the tughra of Sultan Mahmud II (A.H. 1223-55/A.D. 1808-39).