Towel
1940–1960
- Medium
- Linen, open plain weave; embroidered in polychrome silk and gold metal foil (wrapped around a fiber core); inner field of towel in denser stripes of plain weave with 2-3 wefts in each shed; fringed
- Dimensions
- 149.6 × 44.8 cm (58 7/8 × 17 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silklinen (material)needlework (visual works)Textileweavingembroideringplain weaving