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<div>=== Background ===<br />
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The [[Coptic]] peoples used [[chain stitch]], [[cross stitch]], whipped running stitch, satin stitch, [[stem stitch]] and [[split stitch]], from the 1st century AD onwards. While weaving was a more common form of textile decoration, some [[embroidery]] does survive. The main base fabric for Coptic work is [[linen]], with the [[embroidery]] done in [[wool]] and sometimes [[silk]].<br />
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=== Materials Used ===<br />
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* [[linen]] ground<br />
* [[silk]] thread<br />
* [[wool]] thread<br />
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=== Stitches and Techniques ===<br />
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* [[chain stitch]]<br />
* [[cross stitch]]<br />
* [[whipped running stitch]]<br />
* [[satin stitch]]<br />
* [[stem stitch]]<br />
* [[split stitch]]<br />
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=== Design ===<br />
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Due to the nature of the community that produced them, [[Coptic]] [[embroidery]] tends to be based around [[Christian]] religious themes, although not exclusivly so.<br />
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=== Extant Pieces ===<br />
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* Embroidery in medallion: Hercules and the Nemean lion - 400-700 http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/surveys/charlotte/0345/034574.JPG<br />
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=== Sources for Further Information ===<br />
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*Ellis, Marianne. "Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Eqypt." Greenville, SC: Ashmolean Museum Oxford, 2001.<br />
* Johnstone, Pauline. "The Byzantine Tradition in Church Embroidery". Chicago: Argonaut, 1967.<br />
* Gostelow, Mary. "A World of Embroidery". New York: Scribner, 1975<br />
* Rutschowscaya, Marie-Helene. "Coptic Fabrics". Paris: Adam Biro, 1990.<br />
* Thompson, Deborah. "Coptic Textiles in the Brooklyn Museum". Brooklyn Museum, 1971.<br />
* Warner, Pamela. "Embroidery: A History". London: Batsford, 1991.<br />
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