Greece or Turkey

Towel

18th century

Linen and silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, flat twined double running, and satin stitches; plied warp fringe with knotted silk tassels

224.9 × 45 cm (88.5 × 17.7 in)