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

Checkerboard pattern of filled squares alternating with red
Brown and red silk on linen, Egypt, 10th-15th century, probably Mamluk period.
Accession number EA1984.450 at the Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum.