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Towel
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Towel

Greece, Northern Sporades Islands, Lesbos, Mytilene · 18th century · Linen and silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal strip in double running, running (pattern darning), whipped stem, satin, and stem stitches; main warp plied fringe with silk tassels

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

Credit lineTowel. 18th century. Greece, Northern Sporades Islands, Lesbos, Mytilene. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Burton Y. Berry. CC0.

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