"This cloth has a semi-circular hole cut in the middle of the top edge. This allowed it to be placed around the customer's neck while he was being shaved.\nThe oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th or 17th centuries. They are either whole covers and wall hangings or fragments of them. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with some white and black. The oldest patterns, such as this, are formed by the curving lines of a lattice. In this example, the lattice is a delicate floral trail."@en . . . .