Table runner (fragment), beige plainweave cotton in the middle; slit tapestry (kelim) in red, blue, and yellow on sides; diamond inside design; 57 cm by 35 cm.
Donor:
Marguerite Paul Archer
Collection place:
Georgia (country)
Culture or time period:
Georgians (Caucasus)
Collector:
Marguerite Archer
Collection date:
ca. 1880
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Table runners
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
Made by the cook (name unknown) of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hagemans, grandparents of donor, in Georgia, Russia, in the 1880s and came with them to the U.S. when Mr. Hagemans was appointed Consul General of Belgium to the U.S. in 1890. Mr. Hagemans remained in the post for 32 years.