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Turkey

Towel/Napkin

1850/1900
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped-silk in darning, fishbone, double running, and turned double running stitches; main warp knotted fringe
143.5 × 51.1 cm (56.5 × 20.1 in)

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