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Hooked Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-11068

Description

Rectangular form patterned with tan and yellow stylized four-petal flower with four leafy "arms" on an undulating variegated blue, pink, tan, brown ground. A tan leaf sprig at each corner. Bound in yellow tape (over earlier tape).

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
wool (textile)
burlap
cotton (textile)
hooking
floral patterns
Wool
Cotton
Burlap
Hooked
Floral
Rug

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

31 x 45 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.417

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