Greece, Northern Sporades Islands, Lesbos, Mytilene

Towel

18th century

Silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in Bosnian, flat, double running, twined double running, and satin stitches; edged with plied warp fringe and silk braided fringe with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk tassels

229.9 × 42.7 cm (90.5 × 16.8 in)