Antique Fine Linen Runner with H Monogram & Whitework, circa 1915

Description and Details

An antique fine white linen table runner, circa 1915, with hand-worked whitework and an embroidered H monogram. The smooth linen ground provides a fine contrast to the openwork and satin stitching.

Three corners are decorated with large, stylised cartouches combining an open embroidered lattice with a frame of hand-worked eyelets. In the fourth corner, a finely worked satin-stitch H monogram is entwined with Art Nouveau foliate scrolls.

A ladder drawn-thread border frames the inner field. The runner is finished with a wide folded hem and neatly mitred corners.

In immaculate condition, with no structural wear, broken bars or discolouration. Measures 92 × 31cm.