MEDIEVAL MIDDLE EASTERN DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH EMBROIDERY
Graphed by Rosemary Stecher (Mathilde Eschenbach)

CENTRAL PATTERN OF ZIG-ZAGS FROM A LID COVER
Blue silk on linen, Egypt, 10th-15th century, probably Mamluk period, alternating with drawnwork zig-zags in yellow silk.
Item is accession number EA1984.422 at the Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum.