MEDIEVAL MIDDLE EASTERN DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH EMBROIDERY
Graphed by Rosemary Stecher (Mathilde Eschenbach)
Fleur-de-lys band
Green and red silk on linen, Egypt, 10th-15th century.
Accession number EA1984.386 at the Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum.
The fabric of the original is not even close to an evenweave, so the embroidery looks stretched out compared to the chart.
See the original
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