About This Artwork

Italy, Perugia

Towel, 15th century

Linen, bands of weft-float faced diamond twill weave; weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts
231.6 x 58.15 cm (91 3/16 x 22 7/8 in.)

Gift of the Antiquarian Society, 1899.8

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 36, 40, 144.




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