Towel fragment
date: label: Date
content: 18th–19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rigid symmetrical design of large, pale pink full-face flowers on center stem and on side stems alternately filled with tiny blue flowers with metal tongues. Flowers on serpentine stem form guard-band at bottom. Pastel silks, metal on silk and flat metal on undyed linen ground. One plain selvage with two-handed finished edges.
place: label: made in
content: Turkey
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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 Jean Mailey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1954-170-4
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Towel fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: plain cloth, silk and metal on linen Technique: embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 36.8 x 28.6 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)