MEDIEVAL EGYPTIAN PATTERN DARNING
Graphed by Rosemary Stecher (Mathilde Eschenbach)
Bands with diamonds, and rosettes in lozenges
Dark blue and pink silk on linen, Egypt, 10th-15th century.
The embroidery is worked along the length of the pattern rather than the width, as is usual.
Accession number EA1984.320 at the Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum.
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