Towel
19th century
Object PlaceTurkey
Medium/TechniqueFine linen embroidered with silk and metallic thread
Dimensions46.99 x 116.84 cm (18 1/2 x 46 in.)
Credit LineGift of Fazal A. Chowdhry in honor of Dr. Zekiye Suleyman Eglar
Accession number2000.801
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ProvenancePurchased about 1922 by the mother of Dr. Zekiye Suleyman Eglar in Tiflis, Georgian Republic, where she lived; inherited by Dr. Eglar from her mother's estate prior to World War II and brought to the USA; inherited in 1983 from Dr. Eglar's estate by her nephew, Fazal Chowdhry, the donor.
18th or 19th century
late 19th or early 20th century
1769
1657
19th century
mid-17th century
second half of the 18th century
1710
1704
1757