Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Embroidered Towel (Peshkir) by an unknown artist features a rectangular piece of fabric with a predominantly off-white color. The fabric has a rough texture and frayed edges. The left and right sides have a decorative border. The borders consist of a salmon-pink fringe, then several stripes: one with loose salmon threads; a wider stripe with a repeating pattern featuring diagonal black lines with yellow, pink, and green geometric and floral shapes; then salmon-pink and blue stripes with a dot pattern; and two more stripes with a repeating dot pattern and a thin blue stripe. The background behind the towel is light gray.