Antique Round Braided Silk Tabletop Mat - One of Two early Zanesville vase as if it were glimpsed

as if it were glimpsed from a moving train

I just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous

they will walk themselves down it

You can tell its flea market season when I start acquiring things like this

but there is no iron weight on its underside

Antique Round Braided Silk Tabletop Mat - One of Two early Zanesville vase as if it were glimpsedI've become such a fan of these old braided mats, and look at a lot of them before landing on ones I really like. This and one other I am listing I found together and assume were made by the same person, who I think had a very good eye for color and pattern. Good on the table under the coffee pot or tea pot or dishes or candlesticks or whatever. 14 1 8" in diameter and in good antique condition on both side, definitely used and a bit faded, but lovely.