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Textile fragment with three bands of diamond-shapes

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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 bands of blue diamonds, each containing a small cross in brown outline, and separated by a brown circle and two half-diamonds.

    The outlines are embroidered in double running stitch, the blue diamonds are embroidered in slanted counted filling stitch worked on the diagonal. The bands are 2 cm wide and placed 4.5 cm apart. They are set at right angles to a selvedge and the remains of a hem. There also are some mending stitches.

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