Towel
description: It is likely that the towel was originally white and formed part of a bride's dowry. The towel was purchased by Roelof Munneke during a trip to Istanbul sometime in 1968.
medium: Flax cotton silk metal
type: Towel
coverage: Ottoman Empire
date: Late 19th century
type: IMAGE
description: Linen towel with weft stripes in white silk and thicker brown cotton. Along both transverse edges there are three stylised floral motifs with small leaves and flowers. These are worked in pink and yellow silk with green silk leaves and branches made from silver (now black) passing thread. There are also dots worked in a metal plate (badla technique).
created: Late 19th century
provenance: Museum Volkenkunde Leiden donation
type: ProvidedCHO
identifier: TRC 2019.0651

TRC-2019.0651
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data provider: Textile Research Centre
is shown at: https://www.trc-leiden.nl/collection/
provider: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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  technique: Hand spun and woven cloth (plain weave) hand embroidery (filling stitch satin stitch stem stitch plait stitch back stitch) badla
  material: Flax cotton silk metal

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