Greece, Northern Sporades Islands, Lesbos, Mytilene

Towel

18th century

Linen and silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal strip in double running, running (pattern darning), whipped stem, satin, and stem stitches; main warp plied fringe with silk tassels

208.8 × 43.7 cm (82.2 × 17.2 in)