Towel
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Each end of a plain white towel embroidered with a large stylized floral ornament rising out of a small vase, in white silk, silk floss, and small, tarnished silver discs, surrounded by a wide border of eyelet punched work. Row of animal and floral motifs surmounts border, and on each end a short fringe of linen with silver discs is attached.
place: label: made in
content: Greece
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Crocker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-133-27
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Towel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: raw silk, metal sequins Technique: embroidered on plain weave with punched work
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 89 x 43 cm (35 1/16 x 16 15/16 in.)