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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Table runner
Date Made:19th century
Type:Textile
Materials:Linen and wool
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:Overall: 31 in x 19 3/4 in; 78.7 cm x 50.2 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.864.INV
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
Small linen table runner. Woven off-white fabric with red geometric pattern embroidered in wool along the edges. Single ply undyed linen warp, single ply blue and undyed weft. Part of the weaving removed to make rows of single thread for decoration at either short end. Blue yarn incorporated into weave of each corner. Both short edges are fringed. Stained, with some of the red decorative yarn missing.

Subjects:
Linen; Wool

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