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Towel, plain cloth, embroidered

19th century

Linen with silk, couched gold and silver embroidery threads

32 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (82.6 × 47.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. F.M. Whitehouse
1939.503
Geography: 
Turkey
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Turkish, Islamic
Period: 
Ottoman period (1299–1922)
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Mrs. F. M. Whitehouse (Mary Armour Whitehouse, 1868–1958), New York, by 1939 [note 1]; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1939

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.