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Eye dazzler runner
Date:	Circa 1880-1910

“When you look at old rugs, the weavers always seemed to know where the middle is. Just like when I start one of my tapestries, I always can tell where my middle is going to be. If I’m helping my mother or my sister, I tell them, ‘I think your middle is going to be here.’ Sometimes it’s a little over or maybe a little under, but not a lot.” —Barbara Ornelas

“This weaver put at least three different rug patterns into one piece, and it still works!” —Sierra Ornelas

“Weavers applied multicolored fringes like this to decorate and hide the knotted string warps on each end. Runners often adorned tabletops or sofa backs in Anglo homes at the turn of the 20th century.” —Ann Hedlund

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Tapestry weave, interlocked and diagonal joins

0.945 x 2.21 m
87.008 x 37.205 in.
(Inc. Fringe)

Catalog No. E-4670

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Murphey, 1961.

Function	Fiber	Type	Ply-Spin-Twist			Color	Dye	Count *
Warp	Cotton	String	4	z	S	White	None	11
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Red	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	White	None	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Purple	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Lavendar (Gray)	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Lt Blue	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Green (Blue)	Synthetic	51
Weft	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Yellow	Synthetic	51
Ecord	Wool	Germantown	3(4	z	S)Z	Gray	Synthetic	2
Other	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Same As Weft	Synthetic	--
Other	Wool	Germantown	4	z	S	Olive Green	Synthetic	--
* threads/inch