Towel of hand-spun, hand-woven linen with blue and red laid-in weaving
- Title
- Towel of hand-spun, hand-woven linen with blue and red laid-in weaving
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Donor
- Stevens, Blanche Whittier
- Description
- Towel of hand-spun, hand-woven linen with blue and red laid-in weaving; 7" border design at each end and five separate motifs decorate the length of the towel on each side; typical Cretan pattern and colors.
- Motif
- Plant hanger motif
- Work Type
- tea cloths
- Location
- Crete Island >> Ontario >> Canada
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1952.007.025
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Linen
- Technique
- Laid-in weaving
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- This would be the household's "best" towel. The towel would be suspended by a loop on the center of the side, oftentimes in the living room for ornament and occasional use.
