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Woven Towel

1400s (or later)

Italy, Perugia

Medium
cotton; supplementary weft
Measurements
Overall: 220.9 x 54 cm (86 15/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1397
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A vertically long rectangular cream cotton towel is decorated with symmetrical bands of dense navy blue supplementary weft. These bands contain rows of small four-legged animals and large winged creatures, mirrored across a central axis. Narrower bands incorporate block letters spelling MAGAIA. A wide, plain section divides the decorated top and bottom thirds. The navy motifs appear as raised textures against the cream ground, forming a patterned sequence of stylized figures facing inward.

Woven Towel

1400s (or later)

Italy, Perugia

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