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Table runner

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1930

GUSN

GUSN-24326

Description

White cotton table runner, long and rectangular, w/ cut-work decoration and chain stitched embroidery along edges. Decoration largely floral and outlined by the stitching. Unevenly scalloped edges.

Details

Descriptive Terms

runners (furniture coverings)
table linens
cotton (textile)
cutwork
embroidering
floral patterns
Cotton
Embroidered
Cutwork
Floral
RUNNER, TABLE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17.5 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.5196

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