THREE OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED TOWELS Ottoman Turkey, 20th century...
THREE OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED TOWELS
Ottoman Turkey, 20th century
Comprising a runner of homespun off-white linen, embroidered in a variety of stitches in blue, pink, yellow, and ecru double carnation rosettes highlighted in metallic thread wound around a silk core, the ends with green silk fringe, 126cm x 48cm; a sash of off-white linen, the ends embroidered on alternative sides with floral arrangements in coloured silks and metallic thread highlights, edged in crouched ecru silk, 194cm x 27cm; a hand towel of off-white homespun linen, the ends worked in green, red, and purple silks with stylised vases, highlighted in flattened metal strips, 72.5cm x 51cm.
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THREE OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED TOWELS
Ottoman Turkey, 20th century
Comprising a runner of homespun off-white linen, embroidered in a variety of stitches in blue, pink, yellow, and ecru double carnation rosettes highlighted in metallic thread wound around a silk core, the ends with green silk fringe, 126cm x 48cm; a sash of off-white linen, the ends embroidered on alternative sides with floral arrangements in coloured silks and metallic thread highlights, edged in crouched ecru silk, 194cm x 27cm; a hand towel of off-white homespun linen, the ends worked in green, red, and purple silks with stylised vases, highlighted in flattened metal strips, 72.5cm x 51cm.
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