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Collections

Napkin18th century

Not on view
Embroidered textile panel with wide cream ground bordered on both sides by repeating bands of gold-thread birds and teal floral motifs
Embroidered textile border, two horizontal bands on cream fabric depicting repeating paired birds amid flowering foliage, worked in gold, blue, and olive-green threads with dense surface stitching.
Textile embroidery fragment on cream ground, two horizontal bands featuring repeating peacock and floral motifs in gold metallic thread and blue silk, with a narrow scrolling border between them.
Title
Napkin
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
18th century
Medium
Linen plain weave with silk and metallic-thread embroidery
Dimensions
50 × 27 1/4 in. (127 × 69.22 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.708a-b
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.