Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed colorful fish which were made to resemble

which were made to resemble a variety of animals and human figures

removable handle

with long and curving trunk

with all over silvery spots

Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed colorful fish which were made to resembleI 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