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

Lebanese Bird and Branch Pattern
Possibly silk on cotton
A fragment
Lebanon, late 13th century
Momies du Liban, pp. 78, Had. 89-6

There is a Wikipedia article on the mummies, including a photo of the original piece.

Sections in gray are my reconstruction





Chart for Double Running Stitch Embroidery














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