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Towel
Russian
Medium/Technique
Cotton, linen and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
Overall (object folded; old dimensions retained): 68 x 49 cm (26 3/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.1051
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe main field is woven with white linen and stripes of pinkish red cotton. These stripes are outlined and detailed with embroidery done with a different shade of red cotton. Joined at one end by fagoting is a piece of white linen on which are worked with red cotton and black silk, symmetrical forms possibly derived from flowers and a piece of red cotton.