Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- At each end of the rectangular bast fiber diamond-twill towel, a blue cotton band with griffons alternating with a symmetrical geometric tree. The band is bordered at top and bottom by the repeated words "Perugia" alternately in mirror image. Warp fringe at end about 10.2cm or 4" long.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Medium: bast fiber, cotton Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft
- Dimensions
- H x W: 142 x 57 cm (55 7/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
- Type
- woven textiles
- Towel
