Table runner

Museum number:
9-21595
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0557 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Table runner; fringes = 10.0cm . heavy; beige center section with 2 very narrow bands of umber and ecru and a wide band of light green at each end; finished with ecru fringes. 4 lobed center medallion and 3 half round medallions on each end of central unit contain flowers of white, orange green and umber with black or navy accents.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Table runners
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Table runner
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
fringe— length 10 centimeters, width 30 centimeters, and length 74.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Table runner, accession number 9-21595, described as Table runner; fringes = 10.0cm . heavy; beige center section with 2 very narrow bands of umber and ecru and a wide band of light green at each end; finished with ecru fringes. 4 lobed center medallion and 3 half round medallions on each end of central unit contain flowers of white, orange green and umber with black or navy accents.

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