Art Institute of Chicago

Towel

Greece, Northern Sporades Islands, Lesbos, Mytilene

Date

18th century

Medium

Linen and silk, plain weave self patterned by ground weft floats; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in Bosnian, flat, double running, running (pattern darning) twined double running, and satin stitches; edged with plied warp fringe with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk tassels

Culture

Lésvos

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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