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

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Textile fragment with swastika-filled 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

    A grid of small, linked squares is diagonally set into the corner of the fabric. Each square contains a swastika; the design is outlined in brown embroidery. Next to the selvedge is an additional single row of squares filled with red embroidery.

    The outlines are embroidered in pattern darning running stitch, the red squares in close counted herringbone.

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