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Embroidered towel
Turkish (Balkan)
19th century
Object Place: Balkan, Turkey
Medium/Technique
Embroidered cotton
Dimensions
44.5 x 200 cm (17 1/2 x 78 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession Number48.1263
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionEmbroidered towel, coarse white cotton ground woven with warp stripes of heavier white cotton along across each side border of stylized plants across each end, worked with pink, yellow, and brown wool, blue cotton, and tarnished metal thread, band of open work, knotting, and needle weaving worked with blue, white and pink cotton across each end, deep cream colored cotton fringe, edges three sides of this band, occasional tassels of pink, blue, and white cotton attached to fringe.