Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
19th century
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir), 19th century. Turkey, 19th century. Embroidery: silk threads and metal strip pushed through fabric, bend and pressed on cotton tabby ground; average: 86.7 x 43.2 cm (34 1/8 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Harold North Fowler Collection 1956.675
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Embroidery
- Formatted Medium
- embroidery: silk threads and metal strip pushed through fabric, bend and pressed on cotton tabby ground
- Medium
- embroidery, silk, threads, metal, strip, pushed, through, fabric, bend, pressed, cotton, tabby, ground
- Dimensions
- Average: 86.7 x 43.2 cm (34 1/8 x 17 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1956.675
- Credit Line
- Harold North Fowler Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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