Forgotten Gallery · Textiles

Towel

Five objects off display, chosen for · from the archive

  1. Towel, Unknown · c.1867 · Mysore

    Towel

    Unknown · c.1867 · Mysore

    Towel of white woven cotton, manufactured by prisoners in the Central Jail at Mysore, Karnataka, c.1867

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  2. Towel, 15th century-16th century

    Towel

    15th century-16th century

    part, woven linen, 1400s-1500s, Italian; Perugia, bands blue linen, castles and birds

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  3. Towel, Unknown · 19th century · Iran

    Towel

    Unknown · 19th century · Iran

    embroidered, 1800s, Persian?

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  4. Towel, 17th century

    Towel

    17th century

    lace, 1600s, Italian style; Bobbin

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  5. Towel, ca. 1900 · Albania

    Towel

    ca. 1900 · Albania

    Towel, woven, ca. 1900, Albanian

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