. . . "Cover of green silk velvet, worked in coloured silks and silver gilt thread (much rubbed) with a circular compartment in the centre, containing a geometrical device surrounded by an Arabic inscription. At either end is a cartouche containing another Arabic inscription, and the rest of the surface is occupied by a diaper of octagons and crosses, symmetrically arranged and filled in with floral devices, crosses, birds and a figure. The border is composed of simulated Kufic characters."@en .