MEDIEVAL MIDDLE EASTERN DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH EMBROIDERY
Graphed by Rosemary Stecher (Mathilde Eschenbach)
Double band of (1)Maltese crosses and (2)reversing flowers.
Blue linen and small amounts of red silk on linen, Egypt, 10th-15th century, (Mamluk period).
Accession number EA1984.543 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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