Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Textile fragment with elaborate cross

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A large tab with a blue frame and a central floral design, also blue with brown outlines worked in stem stitch. There are a few remains of yellow in the main field of the tab. Apart from the outlines all embroidery is worked in slanted counted filling stitch.

    An additional band has been sewn to the top of the tab.

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