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Table Runner

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1910

GUSN

GUSN-64558

Description

Yellow chenille/velvet rectangular runner with embroidered floral branch decoration of twisted white and green chenille roping; principle motif isolated on one corner with single blossom accent in adjacent corner. Gold colored silk backing. Hand stitched.

Details

Descriptive Terms

runners (furniture coverings)
table linens
chenille (yarn)
embroidering
silk (textile)
Runner, Furniture
Runner, Table
Chenille
Silk
Embroidered
Runner, Table

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

62.5 x 22.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.674

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