Towel by Turkey, textile, 1801-1900

Towel

Turkey

Year
1801-1900
Medium
Silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning weft; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped-silk in checkered chain, darning, double running, herring bone, Russian overcast, satin and stem stitches; plied main warp fringe terminating in knotted tassel
Dimensions
196.7 × 40.9 cm (77 1/2 × 16 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Turkey

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