INDEX OF CHARTS FOR MEDIEVAL MIDDLE EASTERN DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH EMBROIDERY



BANDS

WAVE, STRIPE AND DIAPER PATTERNS

SINGLE-COLOR BOX STITCH PATTERNS

RED AND BLUE BOX STITCH PATTERNS

BIRD AND BRANCH PATTERNS

DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH COMBINED WITH OTHER TYPES OF EMBROIDERY

BANDS WITH INSCRIPTION


    BANDS:
  1. link to chart Two narrow bands from a doll s robe
    Tissus d’Égypte, p. 294-295.


  2. link to chart Narrow band with diagonals
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.570.

  3. link to chart Four narrow patterns from a sampler
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.493.

  4. link to chart Narrow scrolling band
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.516.

  5. link to chart Pseudo-inscription border
    The Royal Ontario Museum, Accession number 910.122.25.


  6. link to chart Narrow band with lozenge-derived patterns
    Thomas, Textiles from Medieval Egypt, A.D. 300-1300, p. 46.

  7. link to chart Inscription with edging
    The Art Institute of Chicago, Accession number 1923.367a.


  8. link to chart Double band of (1)Maltese crosses and (2)reversing flowers
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.543.

  9. link to chart Narrow band of lions
    Volbach and Kuehnel, Late Antique, Coptic and Islamic Textiles of Egypt, plate 83.



  10. link to chart Three patterns from a group of four fragments sewn together, possibly for a baby's jacket
    Asi-l-Hadath, Lebanon: History of a Grotto, p. 264, plate 7
    Momies du Liban, p. 79, p. 244, Had. 89-6-H



  11. link to chartThree double running stitch patterns from a sampler fragment
    Asi-l-Hadath, Lebanon: History of a Grotto, p. 265, plate 7
    Momies du Liban, p. 244, Had. 89-6


  12. link to chartDouble band in double running stitch
    Asi-l-Hadath, Lebanon: History of a Grotto, p. 264, plate 7
    Momies du Liban, p. 244, Had. 89-6

  13. link to chartDouble running stitch band
    Asi-l-Hadath, Lebanon: History of a Grotto, p. 264, plate 7
    Momies du Liban, p. 244, Had. 89-6

    WAVE, STRIPE AND DIAPER PATTERNS:
  14. link to chart Stacked bands of crosses in triangles
    Momies du Liban, pp. 76-77, Had. 91-6 B.

  15. link to chart Zigzagging crosses
    Errera, Collection d'Anciennes Étoffes Égyptiennes, p. 201, No. 472.



  16. link to chart Central zig-zag pattern from a lid cover
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.422.

  17. link to chart Reversing crosses
    Abegg, Apropos Patterns for Embroidery, Lace and Woven Textiles, p. 27, fig. 20.



  18. link to chart S-stripes with border
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.417.






  19. link to chart Stripes of vines and leaves
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.419.

  20. link to chart Band with diagonals
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.423.

  21. link to chart Double wave pattern with Greek stitch border
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1993.187.


  22. link to chart Band of staggered octagons
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.525.


  23. link to chart Grid of lozenges
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.418.


  24. link to chart Grid of rosettes with narrow border
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.524.



    SINGLE-COLOR BOX STITCH PATTERNS:
  25. link to chart Two wide geometric bands separated by a narrower band
    The Art Institute of Chicago, Accession number 1914.706.



  26. link to chart Lattice band with three additional narrow bands
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number 1175-1900.



  27. link to chart Band wth diagonal zigzags, with second band with filling patterns
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number 804-1898.









  28. link to chart Band of lozenges filled with a grid
    The Whitworth Gallery at the University of Manchester, Accession number T.1994.37.


  29. link to chart Wide double band with pinwheels and diamonds
    Lamm, Some Mamlūk Embroideries, fig. 3.






    RED AND BLUE BOX STITCH PATTERNS:
  30. link to chart Small border with narrow hem covered with satin(?) stitch
    The Textile Museum of Canada, Accession number T87.0427.

  31. link to chart Red and blue striped band
    Otavsky and Salīm, Mittelalterliche Textilien I: Ägypten, Persien und Mesopotamien, Spanien und Nordafrika, p. 105, No. 66.


  32. link to chart Lattice with blue border band, separated by very narrow bands and spaced cross stitches
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.568.


  33. link to chart Band of diamonds filled with stars
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.565.


  34. link to chart Band of winged diamonds in lozenge grid
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.567.


  35. link to chart Stars in hexagons
    The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Accession number 48.1055.



  36. link to chart Band of stars and pinwheels
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.569.



  37. link to chart Trellis with border
    Tissus d’Égypte, No. 186, p. 289-291.







    BIRD AND BRANCH PATTERNS:
  38. link to chart Small birdless branch border
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1993.176.


  39. link to chart Small bird and branch border
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1993.179.


  40. link to chart Small bird and branch pattern
    Browne and Wearden, Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 26, plate 1.
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number T.326-1921.


  41. link to chart Lebanese bird and branch pattern
    Momies du Liban, pp. 76-77, Had. 91-6 B.


  42. link to chart Bird and branch pattern
    Browne and Wearden, Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 26, plate 1.
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number T.326-1921.



  43. link to chart Border, possibly for the bird and branch pattern above
    Browne and Wearden, Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 26, plate 1.
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number T.326-1921.

  44. link to chart Border of spaced branches
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1993.180.


  45. link to chart Bird and branch border with floating birds
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1993.181.


  46. link to chart Bird and branch border
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1993.182.


  47. link to chart Bird and branch pattern
    Trilling, Aegean Crossroads, p. 24, fig. 8.





  48. link to chart Border of treepods and octagons
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.527.

  49. link to chart Bird and branch pattern with cats
    Browne and Wearden, Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 26, plate 1.
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number T.326-1921.




  50. link to chart Pseudo-Bird and branch pattern
    Volbach and Kuehnel, Late Antique, Coptic and Islamic Textiles of Egypt, plate 86.





  51. link to chart Very wide diagonal band with bird and branch border
    Trilling, Aegean Crossroads, p. 24, fig. 7.










    DOUBLE RUNNING STITCH COMBINED WITH OTHER TYPES OF EMBROIDERY:

     NOTE: Several techniques such as cutwork, openwork, pattern-darning, and various filling stitches are often included as part of these double-running stitch embroideries, and in most such pieces I have attempted to give some idea of the location and appearance of the supplemental embroidery, but due to the limitations in my charting software, it is only an approximation.



  52. link to chart Check pattern
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.450.


  53. link to chart Squares with filling
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.398.


  54. link to chart Rosettes in diamonds
    The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Accession number 48.1077a-b.


  55. link to chart Lozenge and diagonal band with drawnwork and pattern darning
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.436.


  56. link to chart Narrow band with drawnwork
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.435.


  57. link to chart Band with star in square
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.431.


  58. link to chart Alternating stars and inscription with drawnwork
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.427.a.

  59. link to chart Double band with inscription and openwork
    Abegg, Apropos Patterns for Embroidery, Lace and Woven Textiles, p. 27, fig. 19.




  60. link to chart Star in diamond pattern
    Browne and Wearden, Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 27, plate 2.
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number T.135-1928.


  61. link to chart Circles set in a grid
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum , Accession number EA1984.414.




  62. link to chart Wide star and lozenge band with cut and drawn thread work
    Ioannou-Yannara, Greek Threadwork: Lace.
    The Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number 770-1898.





  63. link to chart Stars and border, with pattern darning
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.415.





  64. link to chart Garment fragment with stars in square
    Epstein, Concernynge the Excellency . . ., p. 80.





  65. link to chart Band of stars with turquoise filling
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.468.






  66. link to chart Band with flowers in octagons
    Atil, Renaissance of Islam, #123.






  67. link to chart Large octagons with pattern darning
    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries, The Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art, University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum, Accession number EA1984.430.



















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