Towel

Textiles

1750–1850

Turkey

During the 17th century, Ottoman artists in Turkey developed a taste for flowers presented in clusters and in profile—a trend also seen in works made by the Safavids, in Iran, and the Mughals, in India. The motif can be traced to the introduction of European herbals, books that illustrated flowers in this fashion. This particularly sumptuous example has a ground fabric, usually plain in Turkish production, which was woven with a subtle and beautiful repeat pattern of diamonds.

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Department: Textiles

Title: Towel
Origin: Turkey
Date: Made 1750–1850
Medium: Cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; embroidered with silk and metal-strip-wrapped silk
Dimensions: 161.9 × 56.3 cm (63 3/4 × 22 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Burton Y. Berry
Reference Number: 1952.272
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