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Armenian Marash Interlace Embroidery — Cover

About Armenian Marash Interlace Embroidery

Marash embroidery is the tightly interlaced "woven" needlework of 19th-century Armenian Cilicia. In the nakash stitch, the thread crosses the same path four times, building raised interlinked crosses and endless-knot lattices that read as low-relief woven texture rather than flat pattern.

This design system translates that craft to screen: a deep brown velvet-cloth ground, dark-green interlace as the primary voice, gold-metallic thread as ornament, with deep red and indigo supporting. Everything raised, matte, tactile — never printed, never flat.

Learn more about the Armenian Marash Interlace Embroidery style

Origin
Anatolia-Cilicia — Armenian communities of Marash
Era
19th century (Cilicia, historic Marash; classic pieces ~1850–1915)
Key figures
Armenian women embroiderers of Marash who worked the interlacing nakash stitch
Movements
Marash (nakash) interlace embroidery · Armenian needlework tradition

Armenian Marash Interlace Embroidery design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

Noto Serif ArmenianHeadings
EB GaramondBody
MarcellusMono
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