Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The towel is rectangular with a fringe along the top and bottom edges. The towel's main body is beige. There are two bands of decorative stitching, one along the top edge and one along the bottom edge. The top and bottom bands have the same pattern. The bands are made up of three rows. The top row has green and pink squares. The middle row has a zig-zag pattern in shades of pink, orange and green. The bottom row consists of green and pink flowers. The background of the image is gray.