Late 19th century
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.
TRC 2019.0651
Towel
Textile Research Centre
Flax cotton silk metal
Hand spun and woven cloth (plain weave) hand embroidery (filling stitch satin stitch stem stitch plait stitch back stitch) badla