LOTUS BUD BAND
Medieval Middle Eastern Cross Stitch Embroidery, graphed by Rosemary Stecher (Mathilde Eschenbach)
Red and yellow silk on linen. Greek stitch.
Egypt, Mamluk period (1250-1517)
Ellis, Marianne Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2001. #39 (p. 57).
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