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  • Towel (Near East), late 19th century

    Cotton towel with ends embroidered in colored silks and flat metal. Design of flower clusters on either side of a jar or fountain. One selvage present.

  • Towel (Near East), late 19th century

    Cotton towel with ends embroidered in silks and metal thread. Design appears to be house with groups of towers at side. Worked entirely in drawnwork, embroidered over in colors; parts…

  • Towel (Near East), late 19th century

    Towel of white hand-woven cotton, narrow width (9 1/16 in. from selvage to selvage). Ends embroidered in silk design of double row of stylized jars of flowers, alternating with tall…

  • Towel (Near East), late 19th century

    Towel of white hand-woven cotton with ends embroidered in detached designs, simulating an island with tall trees and other forms. Pattern embroidered in red, rose, green, light blue and gold.…

  • Towel (Near East), late 19th century

    Towel of dark red cotton in a crêpe weave. Ends embroidered in simple detached flower sprays of blossoms surmounted by curving leaf form. Center of flower, drawn and embroidered in…

  • Towel (Italy)

    Perugia towel

  • Towel (Italy)

    Perugia-type towel

  • Shawl Border (India), early 20th century

    Shaggy-headed flower sprays with long pointed leaves filling horizontal band in serpentines. Floral guard border with decorated guard strips. In purples, bright turquoise and greens on a tan ground. One…

  • Shawl Border (India), early 20th century

    Close-set horizontal repeat of flowering sprays. Flower and leaf guard band at bottom with decorated guard strips. In purples, bright turqoise and green on a dark tan ground. Long warp…

  • Shawl Border (India), early 20th century

    Shawl border fragment with a horizontal repeat of two variants of vase and flowers in twining framework of stems with small leaves and flowers. Scrolling floral guard band with decorated…

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