Preface Acknowledgements 1. General Information Introduction The Embroiderers Foreign Influences and Sources Materials and Equipment Hand and Machine Embroidery Techniques Designs and Colours 2. Embroideries from Archaeological and Historical Sources Embroideries from the Tomb of Tutankhamun Late Classical and Early Medieval Embroideries from Archaeological Sites in Egypt and Nubia Early Archaeological Embroideries from the Eastern Mediterranean and Iraq Coptic, Byzantine and Arab Sicilian Embroidery Late Medieval Embroideries from Egyptian Archaeological Sites Embroideries from Qasr Ibrim, Egyptian Nubia - Nettie K. Adams , USA Medieval Embroideries from the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon Medieval Styles of Embroidery from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean Embroidered Tiraz Snapshot: The Kiswa Egyptian Applique and the Street of the Tent Makers Ottoman Turkish Embroidery - Sumru Krody, Textile Museum, USA 3. Regional Embroidery from North Africa and the Middle East Snapshot: The Maghreb and Embroidery Embroidery from Morocco - with Caroline Stone , University of Cambridge, UK Snapshot: The Jewish Kiswa al-Kabira and Related Garments Embroidery from Algeria Embroidery from Tunisia Embroidery from Libya Snapshot: Tuareg Embroidery Embroidery from Egypt - with Shahira Mehrez, Egypt Embroidery from Sudan Snapshot: The Aba and Bisht Samaritan and Jewish Ritual Embroidery Ecclesiastical Vestments and Embroidery from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean - Karel Innemee, Leiden University, The Netherlands Embroidery and Dres from Lebanon - with Nour Majdalany , Lebanese Heritage Foundation, Lebanon A General Introduction to Palestinian Embroidery - with Widad Kawar , Jordan Palestinian Embroidery and Clothing - with Widad Kawar , Jordan Negev and Sinai Bedouin Embroidery - with Shahira Mehrez, Egypt Embroidery from Jordan - with Widad Kawar , Jordan Embroidery from Syria - with Widad Kawar , Jordan and Layla Pio , Jordan Embroidery from Iraq - with Layla Pio , Jordan Embroidery from Saudi Arabia - with Laila Al Bassam and Tahani Al-Ajaji , College of Design and Arts, Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Snapshot: Three Saudi Arabian Fashion Designers Using Embroidery Embroidery from Yemen - with Marjorie Ramson , USA Snapshot: Neksha Harazi: The Hand Embroidery Company of Al Hajjarah, Yemen - Ghaleb Alburaai , Yemen, and Alison Elliott , UK Embroidery from Oman and Zanzibar Snapshot: Zarri Metal Thread Embroidery from India Embroidery from the Gulf States Snapshot: Colonel and Mrs Dickson's Embroidered Garments 4. Appendices and Index Hand Embroidered Stitches Stitch List Based on 'Family' Groups Stitch List A-Z Glossary of National and Regional Dress Terms Glossary of Textile Terms Museum Collections Bibliography Index.