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

Three patterns from a sampler fragment
Silk on cotton (?)
Lebanon, late 13th century

Asi-l-Hadath, Lebanon: History of a Grotto , p. 265, plate 7
Momies du Liban, pp. 244, Had. 89-6

Sections in light brown are my reconstruction


Chart for Double Running Stitch Embroidery


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