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Tovaglia </font i> is usually translated as tablecloth, and <font i>tovagliolo</font i> as napkin, but their use was in both ecclesiastical and secular contexts. Their function included napkin and table cover, as well as altar cloth and sacristy hand towel. They were woven in mixed twill, ofter diaper, with white linen warp and weft, and had the characteristic feature of bands of pattern created with a supplementary weft of cotton, almost always dyed blue with indigo or woad, though occasionally in red or brown. \r\nAn inventory of 1482 describes two napkins being '...in the style of Perugia' (<font i>banbagia a la perugina</font i>)so the association of such blue-banded textiles with this region may date back to at least the 15th century.","physicalDescription":"Towards each end of the towel are 3 blue bands woven with blue cotton supplementary wefts; they vary in width and are each bordered with double blue stripes.They depict :\r\n1. continuous vine stem with parrots (twice)\r\n2. griffins affronted holding swords, between tall flowering plants (twice)\r\n3. hounds pursuing hares (once)\r\n4. castles with parrots and another creature looking like a lamb (once)\r\nThe linen ground is a small lozenge diaper weave.\r\nThe ends of the towel are unfinished. The blue colour is very washed out, and the towel is extensively patched and darned, including patches from other similar towels.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"linen","id":"x29412"},{"text":"cotton","id":"AAT14067"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Woven linen and cotton","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2021MW8809","2015HK6714","2015HK6715"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"017","id":"THES311351"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Towel","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"15th century to 16th century","earliest":"1400-01-01","latest":"1600-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by W.B. 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There is no further provenance for it.","historicalContext":"Griffin is emblem of Perugia","briefDescription":"Towel, natural linen with patterned bands of blue, Italian, 15th - 16th century","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"These textiles are usually attributed to Perugia.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"parrots","id":"x36571"},{"text":"griffins","id":"x30123"},{"text":"swords","id":"AAT37048"},{"text":"hounds","id":"x37526"},{"text":"hares","id":"x36224"},{"text":"castles","id":"AAT6891"},{"text":"lozenges","id":"AAT9791"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.13-1916"],"accessionNumberNum":"13","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1916,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LW1709"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-01","recordCreationDate":"2006-03-30","availableToBook":true}}