Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed shop sign This is a newer

This is a newer

this beautiful basket also carries the spiritual and historical significance of the whale to the Makah

stylized star

sterling silver & pewter using the lost wax process

Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed shop sign This is a newerI 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