Egyptian Bag


(picture from Ellis, p 94)

1250-1517 - Bag from the Egyptian Mamluk Period

A silk bag with applied patchwork squares in red, blue, yellow, and green. Each square is decorated with embroidered eyelets in contracting colors. There is a linen lining. The bag is 11 x 8.5 cm and has fringe along the edges and a cord handle.

source: Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt by Marianne Ellis, p 94

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