Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed antique animal and it appears that there

and it appears that there was once a sticker on the bottom

While featuring a central horizontal band that continues around the entire perimeter of the vessel

became popular in China during the Song Dynasty (960-1279)

it become quite a popular little book and so was produced for years to come

Columbia University 1910 Murad Tobacco Silk Runner, Framed antique animal and it appears that thereI 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