Fragment of Towel End

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Fragment of Towel End

Republic of TürkiyeLinkedCulture matchlcp-92c3949e3206

Date
1850‒1900
Medium
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and metallic thread; edged in metallic needle lace
Culture
Turkey
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
75296

This embroidered textile fragment was cut from the ends of a bath towel. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Europeans were fascinated by these intricately decorated textiles and fervently collected them, creating a market for fabric fragments. European influence on the market led to stylistic shifts: the stylized floral imagery of earlier periods was replaced with architectural forms and detailed depictions of nature, as seen in this example. —Atlas Defne Erkan (Turkish), graduate student in art history, University of Edinburgh; School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2025)

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Credit line
Gift of Burton Y. Berry
Provenance
Burton Y. Berry (1901-1985), Athens, Greece, by July 9, 1936 [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago from July 9, 1936; incoming receipt R6053; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1951.

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AAT300014063

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