Here is a beautiful old 19th. century Quran/book cover. Embroidered all natural silk floss in colors of powder blue, olive green, yellow, maroon and purple red. The Quran cover is very finely embroidered in petit point (gul Sheraz) and lined with an old Uzbek Ikat fabric which also provides the sleeve for the book's front and back covers to slide into. One side of the cover has stronger colors, this was probably the result of the front side always being exposed to light and the back side always facing down and protected from the light. This attests to the age of this piece, these rarely come up for sale. note: This was originally collected by famed Central Asian textile collector and dealer Pip Raou, see "Ikats, Silks from Central Asia: the Pip Rau Collection for her Ikats. Rich natural colors, an artistic gem of a by gone era.