The Fletcher prayer rug, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Fletcher prayer rug is a 16 th century prayer rug of Persian origin, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. This Safavid rug is made with silk pile on a cotton foundation, symmetrical knot, with silver brocading. Size 1.6 x 1.83 m.

The Fletcher prayer rug

The Fletcher prayer rug detail

لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Quran Surah 21, Al-Anbiya, Verse 87 (21-85).

References

The Metropolitan Museum of Art official website