Embroidery charts

These are charts that I have done over some time. They are Egyptian Mamluk, from the 12th-16th centuries.This sampler is in the Ashmolean Museum. The whole design has been charted to a single page pdf document. Details of the item can be found in a post.
1345SamplerMamluk (PDF)

This tiraz is in the Ashmolean Museum. Details on the item can be found in a post.
Tiraz 903CE (PDF)

This piece is in the Ashmolean Museum. Details of the item can be seen in a post.
Kerchief (PDF)

This item is in the Ashmolean Museum. More details on the embroidery are in a post.
Squares and interlacing knots (PDF)

The pattern darning sampler is in the Ashmolean Museum. More details can be found in a post. There are many PDF single page documents to download.
Pattern 1 (PDF)
Pattern 2 (PDF)
Patterns 3 and 4 (PDF)
Pattern 5 (PDF)
Pattern 6 (PDF)
Pattern 7 (PDF)
Pattern 8 (PDF)

This sampler is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. There are more details on the sampler in a post. There are PDF documents to download.
V&A Sampler Pattern 1 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 2 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 3 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 4 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 5 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 6 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 7 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 8 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 9 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 10 (PDF)
V&A Sampler Pattern 11 (PDF)
Some of the same patterns has also been interpreted by Mathilde Eschenbach.

This textile is in the Ashmolean Museum. Details can be found in the post A Blackwork Challenge.
1435 Mamluk towel PDF

The textile is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Details can be found on the post A second towel embroidery challenge.
Met towel PDF

This embroidery was found in the book “The Art of Embroidery” by Marie Schuette & Sigrid Muller-Christensen. For more details on the item, please see the post “A complicated Mamluk Embroidery”.
SchuetteMullerChristensen PDF

This textile is in the Ashmolean Museum. The details are in the post “A pattern darning chart”.
patterndarning1

manchesterembroidery
The textile is in the Whitworth Art Gallery in the University of Manchester. More information on this textile can be seen in the post “A new embroidery chart”.
manchesterembroidery (pdf)

artinstitutepatterndarning The full details on the textile can be seen in the post “Pattern Darning Chart”. The textile is in the Art Institute of Chicago.
artinstitutepatterndarning (PDF)

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