Updated 3/10/2013

Marghab Pattern List

The Finest Madeira Linens

Note :  I have shown many photos of the Marghab patterns on my Pinterest board ShopFromYourSeat

There is no 100 percent complete or accurate printed list of all the Marghab patterns that were produced.  This list is a compilation of the pattern list in the Marghab book, Perfection, Never Less, which is not 100 percent accurate, and my own personal research over the years.  Some of the Marghab patterns had more than one name, or name changes over the years, so this page will be a continuous work in progress.  Even the SDSU Marghab museum has updated the number of patterns, which used to be 282 patterns, to now over 300 patterns.

Be cautious of "Marghab" identification on the internet.  I've found several cases where patterns were misidentified, and even claimed to be Marghab, when they weren't.  As with anything claimed on the internet, just because it's on a blog, doesn't mean it's accurate. 

Since I am limited to the number of pictures I can post here, and not allowed to link to a non Ebay site, I hope to create a list of linkable patterns and pictures on my


Additional information on Marghab and Madeira linens can be found in

Marghab patterns were widely copied by other Madeira and Chinese embroidery houses, some of it very well.  Please do not sell linens as Marghab unless you are sure that you have authentic Marghab.  To do so is misrepresentation.  The SDSU Marghab museum will identify and authenticate your pattern for a fee.  A really great place to help identify your Marghab,  Madeira or ANY vintage linens for FREE is


*** WARNING *** - Some of the most widely copied patterns are Flowerlace, Grape & Leaf, Jacaranda Tree, Knight,  Molded Corner, Plume, Ponto Grega, Tropical Fish & Rose Tree.  Some are still being made today in China.

MARGHAB PATTERNS

Age of Discovery, Andante, Angry Rooster,  Applique, Appliqued Scroll, Arabesque, Arabia, Arcadia, Arrow, Arrowhead, Autumn Leaves

Background, Bar Maid, Baroque, Basket, Bees, Big Bow, Billfold, Bird and Peaches, Birdling, Birds, Birds in Cage, Blanket Cover, Bookmark, Border Inlay, Bouquet, Boutons, Bow, Bright Eyes, Bright Sails, Butterflies, Butterfly

Calla Lily, Capers, Carnation, Carrots and Peas, Christmas Tree, Chrysanthemum, Classic, Classic Key, Concha, Cord and Tassel, Corner Scroll, Cornflower, Cyclamen

Daffodil, Daisy, Dancer, Deer ,Delphinium, Diamond Initial, Dragon Flies, Dream Boat, Duck, Duet

Early Spring, Egyptian, Elaborate Corner, English Ivy, Eyelet, Eyelet Border, Eyelet Scallop

Fern, Filigree, Fire, Fish, Flag, Flash, Fleur de Lys, Fleur de Lys Grande, Fleur de Lys Petite, Flora, Florentine, Flower Girl, Flower Woman, Flowerlace, Flowerpot, Flowers, Forget me not, Four Bows, Fringe, Fruit Basket

Gay Harbor, Georgian, Geranium, Grape and Leaf, Grapevine, Grecian Border

Hand Hemstitched, Hand Inserted Threads, High Waves, Holly, Homing Butterflies, Hortensia, Hybiscus, Hydrangea

Initial, Initialed Bands, Initials, Iris, Ivy

Jacaranda Tree, Jewel, Jewels

Key, Kitchen Bouquet, Knight

Lace Point, Ladies Handkerchief, Lantern, Leaves, Les Fleurs, Lily of Valley, Little Bows, Little Roses

Mad Cap, Madeira Map, Maple Leaf, Marlace, Masterpiece, Mayflower, Medallion, Medieval, Mimosa, Minaret, Molded Circle, Molded Corner, Moresque, Morning Glories, Morning Glory, Mother

New, New Flower Pot ,New Open Design, New Wheat

Old Damascus Plate, Old France, Old Ships, On and On, Open Corner, Open End, Open Lacing, Open Scroll, Oval Initial

Palm Tree, Papa Noel, Patrician, Pendant, Peonies, Petunia, Pheasant, Pine Cones, Plume, Plumes, Ponto Grega, Pouch

Quail, Quadrille, Queen Victoria

Rain, Regency, Renaissance, Renaissance Boats, Rose, Rose Arbor, Rose Bow, Rose Tree, Roses, Rosewood

Santa Claus, Scallop, Scalloped Band, Scallopino, Scroll, Scroll and Drawn Thread, Scroll Fish, Seven Seven Seven, Shadowed Leaves, Shell, Silk Bib, Simple Eyelet, Simplicity, Small Bib, Smart and Beautiful, Snowflake, Spray, Sprig, Squares, Squill, Stars, Storm Tree, Strawberry, Sweet Peas

Tent, The Bow, The Fringe, The Pines, Thousand Eyes, Three Leaves, Three Little Pigs,  Thistles, Trailing Vine, Trellis, Tropical Fish, Trumpet Flower, Tudor Rose, Turkey, Twisted Cord, Twisted Ribbon

Under the Sea

Varishka, Very Simple, Vignette, Vine Flower, Vineyard, Violet

Water Leaf Weather Cock Wedding Wheat Wild Duck Wild Rose Windmill Wisteria Wreath Wreath and Ribbon Wreath Over Square

Zebra

UNKNOWN PATTERNS - Identified by pattern number
165, 307, 483, 904, 4016, 4057, 4074, 4077, 4122, 4138, 4315, 4689, 4719, 7000, 7001, 7002, 8028, 8047, 8055, 8064,

Marghab Labels Used  in order of Earliest to Latest

If this guide has been helpful to you, Please  let me know by voting...

All pictures and text are protected by Copyright law..... please do not use without written permission