Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed wooden toy and there is a nice

and there is a nice

with at least half a dozen different browns incorporated

At 7 3/4" across

I think it looks especially terrific filled with a couple of small flowering or berry branches

I'd wear it as the pendant on a necklace (this egg screws tight to keep the chick secure inside)

Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed wooden toy and there is a niceI purchased this piece because I loved the image of this pink cheeked runner in his white outfit and those brown shoes that don't look especially great for running! I've since learned this is a collegiate tobacco silk; dating to the early 1910s, these silks were issued by Murad cigarettes to entice smokers, college students specifically, to buy their cigarettes. For each college or university targeted, they issued a set of 10 of these depicting