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Table runner

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-24305

Description

Blue/green silk table runner w/ brocaded decoration and fringed edges. Brocaded decoration of full circle w/ ribbed lines surrounding an inner 1/2 moon. Circles set on background of smaller circular netting.

Details

Descriptive Terms

runners (furniture coverings)
table linens
brocading
silk (textile)
Silk
Brocaded
RUNNER, TABLE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

14 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.5179

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