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  • Square (Iran), 19th century

    Pink and yellow flowers on a net ground.

  • Square, 18th century

    Coat of arms of a Bishop of the Franciscan Order (Cross, crossed arms with stigmata, above a black bird on a mount against a blue ground) with Bishop’s hat (green…

  • Square (Near East), late 19th century

    Square of sheer cream-colored cotton, embroidered on all four sides with colored silks and metal thread. Design of detached motifs: an island with trees; and a galley with oars raised…

  • 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…

  • Square (Germany), 14th century

    Fragment from an altar frontal in coarse cream-colored linen embroidered in silk in red, light green, light blue, and white. In the center field, the Crucifixion: Christ on the cross…

  • Towel (Italy)

    Perugia towel

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