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

Four narrow patterns from a sampler
Blue linen and brown and olive green thread, possibly cotton, on linen, Egypt, 10th-15th century, probably Mamluk period.
Accession number EA1984.493 at the Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum.


Chart for Double Running Stitch Embroidery


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