Linen Table Runner : Mussels

This beautiful natural table runner is 100% linen.   All designs are hand printed in small batches.  The linen is perfect for your table, wall art,hallway furniture, tv cabinet, end of our bed, ....

Design inspired by ecosystems engineers; The Mussel   

Mussels play a key role in marine ecosystems by making it more suitable for themselves and other organisms.  Whilst feeding ‘clean’ the water
One of the valuable functions performed by mussels is capturing organic matter from the water column when they siphon, processing it to build body and shell, excreting nutrients that are immediately available to plant life and then depositing the remaining organic material to the sediment making it available for other invertebrates and fish to consume. During this feeding process, the mussels "clean" the water they live in by removing phytoplankton and the bacteria and fungi that are attached to the non living organic particles they have removed from the water column. Other undesirable particles and chemicals are bound in the mussels' pseudo feces and deposited on the river bottom.
The mussel's shells provide an important substrate for algae and insect larvae to attach to. When mussels are present in large numbers, they may become underwater gardens that in turn attract fish to feed, including their host fish. Because mussels firmly anchor themselves to the lake or stream bed, they may actually stabilize the lake or stream bottom, thus minimizing the scouring affects of floods and wave action.

Material composition: 100% Linen fabric, 245 grams per square metre (gsm). As with all linen a fabric slight shrinkage is expected.  Linen is natural linen.   

Size : 45cm x 150cm

Care instructions: Gentle machine wash, dry in the shade. Can iron on the reverse side.

Country of manufacture: Hand printed on the Fraser Coast.  Linen is manufactured in Europe

Every effort has been made to accurately portray the colours used in this fabric, however individual monitor settings and other factors may cause discrepancies.

As the fabric is hand printed there may be natural variations characteristic of this process.

All Inks used on our linen is PERMASET®.   All ink is water based with significant safety and environmental sustainability considerations.   In addition, to been 100% solvent free and environmentally friendly.   PERMASET AQUA® Process Colours have been granted approval by the Soil Association in the UK.

Soil Association Approval Certificate 2021-2022 GOTS 6.0 – PERMASET Process Colours

PERMASET AQUA® inks are vegan.  They have not been tested on animals, nor do PERMASET inks contain any animal products.