MEDIEVAL MIDDLE EASTERN DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH EMBROIDERY
Graphed by Rosemary Stecher (Mathilde Eschenbach)
Fragment with scattered stars and border on two sides
Two shades of blue, possiby linen, on linen, Egypt, 10th-15th century, probably Mamluk period.
Double running stitch, with pattern darning fillings worked over a single thread.
Accession number EA1984.415 at the Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum.
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