RUNNER
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Dark ecru set. All pieces have a plain cloth in the center. This is edged with lace. The lace has a scalloped edge and a leaf pattern along the edges. Within the lace are small dots. Where the lace meets the cloth are large leaf forms in the cloth. At each end of the runner and mats is a design composed of two large leaves, one on each side of an oval medallion. There is drawnwork and embroidery in the corner.
- Object name:
- RUNNER
- Made from:
- Pineapple fibre
- Made in:
- Philippines
- Date made:
- ca. 1940
- Size:
- 116.8 x 43.2 cm (46 x 17 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 45.68.1
- Class:
- TEXTILE
- Signature marks:
- label No. 19 45.65/Philippines/1 Runner/12 Mats/12 Napkins/AR/12 Fingerbowl Doilies From the tissue in which it was wrapped now removed The label has a red border and the inscription is typed except for AR which is in red pencil The 12 Fingerbowl doilies notation has been scratched through.
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974