Friday, March 27, 2020

More Egyptian Embroidery Patterns from the Mamluk Time Period

Here is the original embroidered linen, currently located at the V&A Museum.

The museum describes this textile piece as "silk on linen, 1250-1516, Egyptian; Mamluk. El-Azam. Tree and bird motifs". 



At the very bottom of the linen is a small embroidered pattern. Here is my interpretation of that pattern:




Then, there appears to be chicken-like birds on this linen. Here is my interpretation of one of the birds:




Underneath the birds, there is a diamond pattern. Here is my interpretation of that pattern:



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