MEDIEVAL MIDDLE EASTERN DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH EMBROIDERY
Graphed by Rosemary Stecher (Mathilde Eschenbach)
Three patterns from a group of four fragments sewn together
Silk on cotton (?)
Lebanon, late 13th century
Asi-l-Hadath, Lebanon: History of a Grotto , p. 264, plate 7
Momies du Liban, p. 79, p. 244, Had. 89-6-H
Sections in light brown are my reconstruction
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