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Detail: Border
Towel
Turkish
19th century
Medium/Technique
Cotton, Linen and silk; embroidery: linen with silk, gilt silver
Dimensions
107 x 47 cm (42 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.); Legacy dimension: .47 x 1.07 not including fringe
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Mifflin Hammond
Accession Number33.457
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTowel (two ends sewed together). Ground: unbleached linen with stripes of heavier cotton weft. Design: across each end three plants bearing a variety of flowers, worked in double running with several shades of pink, lavender, blue, green, and yellow silk, with stems and outlines worked with gold thread (gilded silver wound on yellow silk). Fringe at each end. Stained.