Sitara, Interior Door Curtain of the Ka'ba
Object type: Sitara
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Warshat al-Khurunfish|Sultan Abdülhamid II
Artist bio:  | 
Artist role: Workshop director|Patron
Artist nationality: Egyptian|Ottoman Turkish
Date: 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
Geography: Made in Cairo   Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Professor Maan Z. Madina, in memory of his mother, Najiyya Khanum al-Kurdi, 2009
Accession year: 2009