MEDIEVAL MIDDLE EASTERN DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH EMBROIDERY
Graphed by Rosemary Stecher (Mathilde Eschenbach)
BAND WITH ALTERNATING STARS AND INSCRIPTION
Blue silk on linen, Egypt, 10th-15th century, probably Mamluk period. There is also pulled-thread openwork in white silk.
Item is accession number EA1984.427.a 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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