Towel

Museum number:
9-8239
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4161
Description:
Turkish towel; white cotton plainweave w/identical embroidered bands at each end in floral and stylized architectural designs in multicolors also embellished w/metallic (gold-colored) strips; the yellow thread in the linear floral embroidery has run; w. 23.5 x l. 172 cm.
Donor:
Lillian Oppenheim
Collection place:
Turkey
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Towel, accession number 9-8239, described as Turkish towel; white cotton plainweave w/identical embroidered bands at each end in floral and stylized architectural designs in multicolors also embellished w/metallic (gold-colored) strips; the yellow thread in the linear floral embroidery has run; w. 23.5 x l. 172 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Towel, accession number 9-8239, described as Turkish towel; white cotton plainweave w/identical embroidered bands at each end in floral and stylized architectural designs in multicolors also embellished w/metallic (gold-colored) strips; the yellow thread in the linear floral embroidery has run; w. 23.5 x l. 172 cm.

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