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
Typography
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