A burgundy velvet cover, embroidered with a border of undulating scrolling floral ribbons, the field worked with a double mehrab enclosing pairs of birds and a central lobed cartouche worked with a Persian and Arabic inscription 'May this door be kept open with the virtues of witnessing that there is no God but God, 19th century--37in x 38in

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A burgundy velvet cover, embroidered with a border of undulating scrolling floral ribbons, the field worked with a double mehrab enclosing pairs of birds and a central lobed cartouche worked with a Persian and Arabic inscription 'May this door be kept open with the virtues of witnessing that there is no God but God, 19th century--37in x 38in

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