Towel of fine woven linen or cotton with intricate embroidery at each end of six oval medallions of floral design
- Title
- Towel of fine woven linen or cotton with intricate embroidery at each end of six oval medallions of floral design
- LC Subject
- other (information indicator)
- Donor
- Stevens, Blanche Whittier
- Description
- Towel of fine woven linen or cotton with intricate embroidery at each end of six oval medallions of floral design with ribbons with bow at bottom; colors of light pink, blue and green silk and metallic gold threads; small floral band at bottom trim.
- Motif
- Floral - leaf medallions
- Work Type
- towels
- Location
- Turkey
- Date
- 1701/1800
- Identifier
- 1952.009.008
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton Silk Metallic Threads
- Technique
- Hand-woven Embroidered Metal 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).
