Large table runner; predominant colors are orange, yellow and green. Double weave structure with irregular twill checks and horizontal bands of leno weave. Warp threads varied; include cotton floss, cotton boucle, and fine s-twist cotton yarn. Weft includes the same yarns plus an occasional heavier wool yarn in varying colors. Occasional bands of deep turquoise. Paper tag with handwritten description reads: Heavy yarns; / Linen boucle / 6 strand floss / Thin yarn; / 20/2 yellow… Makers tag sewn on corner reads: Hand Woven / by / Lucille Landis / Old Greenwich, Conn. Original catalog states: Companion piece to a hanging made for display at the World Fair in N.Y.C, 1965.

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Runner, Table

Natural Fiber – Cotton (Udf1)

Artifact (Udf10)

Retain Artifact Status (Udf21)

American – 20th c (Udf22)

Multiple plys and twists (Udf2)

Woven – Double Weave/Woven – Leno (Udf3)

Unknown (Udf4)

Fiber or Yarn dyed (Udf5)

Geometric (Udf6)

Multiple and varied yarns (Udf7)

Multiple plys and twists (Udf8)