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

Branch pattern
Blue silk on linen, Egypt, 14th-15th century
The museum site says the long branches are actually lions.

Volbach and Kuehnel, Late Antique, Coptic and Islamic Textiles of Egypt, plate 86.

Identification number I. 3173 a at the Museum für Islamische Kunst


Chart for Double Running Stitch Embroidery



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