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Object Timeline

1920

  • Work on this object began.

1929

  • Work on this object ended.

1974

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Towel

This is a Towel. It is dated 1920–29 and we acquired it in 1974. Its medium is cotton, silk, metal-wrapped cotton and its technique is plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft; weft over spun z-twist; ends finished by warp ends twisted and knotted forming a fringe. It is a part of the Textiles department.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 114.5 x 32 cm (45 1/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Towel; cotton, silk, metal-wrapped cotton; Warp x Weft: 114.5 x 32 cm (45 1/16 x 12 5/8 in.); 1974-92-5

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