Towel of very fine, hand-woven cotton crepe with a 5 3/8" embroidered band at each end
- Title
- Towel of very fine, hand-woven cotton crepe with a 5 3/8" embroidered band at each end
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Description
- Towel of very fine, hand-woven cotton crepe with a 5 3/8" embroidered band at each end; embroidery is exceedingly fine - on both sides; design of flowers and vines in gold and silver metallic threads and green, blue, orange, off-white and pink silk; outlined design of plants interweaving with gold ribbon with bows; design is trimmed along the edge with scalloped gold embroidery.
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition: Department Purchase
- Motif
- Vined flowers Ribbons with bows
- Work Type
- towels
- Location
- Turkey
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1952.009.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton Crepe Silk Metallic Threads
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- During the late 18th century Sultan Abdulhamid I was the leader of the Ottoman empire. He married a woman of French origin. He became captivated by French textiles and brought many styles and methods back to Turkey. Ipek, S. (2012, September 22). Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings (13th Biannual Symposium).
