Art Institute of Chicago

Towel

Greece, Northern Sporades Islands, Lesbos, Mytilene

Date

18th century

Medium

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, silvered-and-gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, running (pattern darning), flat, satin, and stem stitches; main warp plied fringe

Culture

Lésvos

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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