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

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Textile fragment with zigzags and linked squares

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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

    Three parallel narrow bands with zigzag pattern, plus three single rows of very small, linked squares and a single line of running stitch.

    The bands are mostly embroidered in running stitch. The outline stitch is restricted to the borders. The bands are at right angles to the selvedge.

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