Middle Eastern embroidery

From Cunnan

Middle Eastern types of embroidery

Extant Pieces

• Egyptian Sampler 1300-1420 CE - http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/samplers/object.asp?id=m1&AccNum=48.1053
• Egyptian Sampler Fragment - V & A - T.135-1928
• 14th & 15th centuries Mamluk Egyptian Examples - http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/Textiles/mamluk_embroidery.html

Links

• Mathildes Mameluke Embroidery Page - http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mathilde/embroidery/mameluke.htm
• A Stitch in Time - Medieval Islamic Embroideries from Egypt - http://www.cloudband.com/frames.mhtml/magazine/articles2q01/exh_barnes_embroidery_0501.html