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Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517),… · Egypt

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in double running stitch

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Robert Allerton

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