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Tab with linked crosses and pear-shaped medallion

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    • Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles

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  • Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt by Marianne Ellis

    Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt

    The embroidery stitch on this tab is claimed by the Armenians, who call it heusvadr gar. It is a complex stitch worked in two stages by lacing threads through a foundation of herringbone stitches to form small crosses which can be arranged singly, in lines and also in medallions. The link with a traditional style of Armenian embroidery raises the question of whether this fragment was imported, or made in Cairo by Armenians who had settled in this great cosmopolitan centre of the Arab world. The designs do not provide a conclusive answer but it is interesting that one in this category is embroidered with a fleur-de-lys (another Mamluk blazon).
  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A tab with a border of linked cross-shapes and a pear-shaped medallion in the centre. The medallion contains a cross.

    The tab is of red cotton with a linen backing. The interlaced embroidery is only stitched on the red cotton, while the chain stitch which frames the tab border goes through to the linen backing.

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