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

Garment fragment with stars in square
Double running stitch with pulled thread work and colored filling stitches
Mamluk Egypt, 13th-15th century

Epstein, Kathleen, "Concernynge the Excellency of the Nedle Worcke Spanisshe Stitche," Piecework Vol. III, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1995, p. 80.

The Textile Museum, Accession number 73.278.




Chart for Double Running Stitch Embroidery






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