towel from a barber's set
Not on Display
Geography:
Türkiye; Istanbul
Culture:
Ottoman
Materials:
cotton; silk; metallic-wrapped thread
Collection:
The Textile Museum Collection
Accession Number:
1985.48.1B
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Baxter
Date:
19th century
Copyright:
Public domain
Object Type:
Textile
Dimensions:
54.61 H x 102.24 W cm (21 1/2 H x 40 1/4 W in)
Structure:
embroidery, chain stitch; plain weave, balanced
Used in:
grooming; ceremonial
Style:
Ottoman
Bibliography:
Pat Kirkham
(Co-Editor) and Susan Weber (Co-Author), History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000, Bard Graduate Center, New York and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2013, 361, Fig 15.5
Maury Sullivan
(Co-Author) and Rebecca Kasemeyer
(Co-Author) and Sumru Belger Krody
(Co-Author) and Claudia Brittenham (Co-Author), Flowers of Silk and Gold Online, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 2000
Sumru Belger Krody (Author), Flowers of Silk & Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery, The Textile Museum and Merrell Publishers, London, England and Washington, D.C., 2000, p. 145, cat. no. 44
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Exhibition History:
Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories, March 21, 2015 - August 24, 2015
Flowers of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, February 18, 2000 - July 30, 2000
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