ecru with red and varicoloured embroidered table runner
Physical Object
Identifier:
2017/07/21-368
Description
72 x 49 cm 28" x 19" plus fringe 9 cm 3 ½" twisted warp with tassels added. Knotted fringe along both sides except at join. Re-purposed likely from bed cover. Constructed of 2 pieces of handwoven fabric joined with decorative stitch.Small label "Greek runner 9 encircled 17" attached with safety pin, small label "#49 D. Grant" stapled "Dorita E. Grant" removed;collected in Greece between 1910 and 1927 by Mary Ellen Palin "Nellie" English governess to Lavria Averof
