Kiswah Fragment, 1917–18

قطعة من كسوة الكعبة (1917)

Kiswah Fragment, 1917–18; V&A, accession T.439-1966.

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A piece of the kiswa of the Holy Kaaba; Egypt 1917–1918, silk embroidered with silver thread. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1

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islam.museum contributors. “Kiswah Fragment, 1917–18”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/qita-kiswa-1917/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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