Oval shaped table runner. The edges are trimmed in a scalloped lace and a mint color stitching attacehs the lace to the runner. There is a mirrored image on each side of the runner. There are three leafs that are set apart to make a triangular shape. They are outline and shaded in a mint green and have a yellow color string for the veins and stem. There are five flowers that surround the top leaf and one that sits under the right. The flowers themselves are outlined amd shaded in a light pink and have five small yellow dots in the center. Bordering the picture and whole runner are two mint green dotted parrallel lines with a solid yellow one in between. At the end of the runner, above the mirrored images the lines are scalloped and have a slight curl inward.

Created by Penolope Neokos. She was born in Greece in 1899. In later years she came to the United States with her husband Nickolas, also native to Greece, where they became citizens of Illinois and lived in the city of Chicago. While in Chicago her and her husband lived with her brother along with her two sons (Ernie and John) and their one daughter (Frances).

Since made in Greece, this possibly could have been apart of her dowry before she married Nickolas and was brought over with them during their move to America.

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