Towel, 18th century, Greece, Northern Sporades Islands, Lesbos, Mytilene, Mytilene, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk, silvered-and-gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, running (pattern darning), flat, satin, and stem stitches, main warp plied fringe, x cm (48 5/8 x 22 7/8 in

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Towel, 18th century, Greece, Northern Sporades Islands, Lesbos, Mytilene, Mytilene, Linen, plain weave, embroidered with silk, silvered-and-gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in double running, running (pattern darning), flat, satin, and stem stitches, main warp plied fringe, x cm (48 5/8 x 22 7/8 in.)

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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