Rectangular, off white velvet runner; two rounded corners; edges bound in green silk tape. In center is theorem painted still life of fruits on wooden cutting bowl with blue and white bowl and two-pronged fork and knife. Rose bunches in rounded corners and center bottom.
runners (furniture coverings)
table linens
cotton (textile)
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
stenciling
velvet (fabric weave)
apple (fruit)
banana (fruit)
floral patterns
vine scrolls
melon (fruit)
pear (wood)
pineapple (motif)
plum (fruit)
rose (genus)
berry
Cotton
Velvet
Silk
Painted
Stenciled
Floral
Rose
Pineapple
Strawberry
Grape
Pear
Peach
Apple
Plum
Banana
Melon
Theorem
RUNNER, TABLE
Painted on knife blade: NAILOR
Possibly Nailor (Maker)
37.75 (W) (inches)
Estate of Miss Edna R. Gardiner
1941.897
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