Production: Unknown
Linen towel with warp stripes. Embroidered with polychrome silks in double darning and chained border stitch. gilt metal thread in satin and loose filling stitch. Hooked stem with spray of roses and cypress tree design.
Given by George de Menasce
Length: 131 cm
Width: 50 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1946-09-25) by de Menasce, George
18th Century-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1701
CE
-
Circa
1820
CE
The hooked stem with spray of roses and cypress tree are rather degenerate versions of Ottoman motifs widely used for embroidery. For this reason the towel could possibly come from one of the Dodecanese or other islands close to the Turkish mainland.
Weaving
: Linen towel with warp stripes. Embroidered with polychrome silks in double darning and chained border stitch. gilt metal thread in satin and loose filling stitch. Hooked stem with spray of roses and cypress tree design.
Embroidering
Accession number: T.21-1946
Primary reference Number: 110341
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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