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Towel

Turkish
Late 18th–early 19th century
Object Place: Turkey

Medium/Technique Linen, embroidery
Dimensions Overall: 129.2 x 43.2 cm (50 7/8 x 17 in.); Length with fringe: 56 1/4 in.
Credit Line Gift of Miss Nicea Howard
Accession Number54.589
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionCream colored ground striped vertically, sheer (linen warp, silk weft) and solid (heavy silk warp and weft); at each end spray with two large conventionalized blossoms and smaller buds, repeated three times, embroidered with polychrome silks and silver metal thread; short twisted fringe on two ends; fragile, a number of holes and stains, embroidery silks quite faded.