Sitara, Interior Door Curtain of the Ka'ba
Warshat al-Khurunfish|Sultan Abdülhamid II
dated A.H. 1315/1897–98 CE
Medium
Silk; embroidered with heavy silver and silver-gilt thread with additional colored silk panels
Dimensions
H. 110 1/2 in. (280.7 cm) W. 63 in. (160 cm)
Classification
Textiles
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Professor Maan Z. Madina, in memory of his mother, Najiyya Khanum al-Kurdi, 2009
Accession Number
2009.59.1
About the Artist
Warshat al-Khurunfish|Sultan Abdülhamid II (Egyptian|Ottoman Turkish) · |1842 – |1918
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