Hutsul decorative towels - 5 pcs.

Linen, multicolored cross-stitch embroidery; 244 x 30 cm, 185 x 28.5 cm, 162 x 30 cm; 170 x 30 cm; 185 x 32 cm.
Poland, Eastern Carpathians, 1st half of the 20th century.
Decorative linen towels in the form of elongated strips of linen cloth, decorated along the shorter sides with hand-embroidered decoration with geometric motifs (rhomboids, rosettes, stylized flowers, hooked patterns). Two pieces finished with tassels. Sets of such self-made towels were brought to the common household by the bride in the Hutsul region. They became a decoration of the kitchen interior, presented on special wooden hangers, also richly decorated.