Chapter 03
Regional Pattern Vocabulary
03

The geometry is the geography

الهندسة هي الجغرافيا

Documented unique cross-stitch motifs per village across chest, sleeve, and hem panels, 1880–2024

150 100 50 0 motifs 143 118 96 87 74 61 Bethlehem Ramallah Hebron Jerusalem Gaza Nablus Densest vocabulary
Unique motifs per village · compiled from chest, sleeve & hem panel documentation · Nathra field archive
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