A MISCELLANEOUS SELECTION OF OTTOMAN SOUVENIRS Ottoman Turkey and Provinces, early 20th century Comprising a fragment of a green satin silk cenotaph cover, woven in gold silk thread with typical chevron patterns in Arabic thuluth script, with the declaration of faith, part of sura Al Baqara (2), aya 144 relating to the change of qibla from the Al Aqsa mosque to Mecca, and sura Al Imran (3) , aya 96 relating to the Ka'ba in Mecca as the first house of prayer, and invocations to the creator in three of his sacred names within circular shapes flanking a mosque-lantern shape, machine-stitched to a cotton lining, 105cm x 83cm; an Ottoman sash, the natural cotton ends worked in a variety of stitches and drawn-threadwork in flattened metal thread and coloured silks with a stylised vase of flowers, 235cm x 28cm; a printed silk commemorative map handkerchief of the province of Sivas, with an Art Nouveau border in pink and red, dated 19 August 1319 AH (1917), 46cm x 46cm; and an Imperial Ottoman Commission card from the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago 1893).