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Shirred rug, rectangular form, patterned with a rectangular reserve enclosing two floral sprays and a basket of flowers within a leaf and flowerhead inner border and a "sharkstooth" outer border. Worked in shades of green, red, cream, peach and blue on a variegated brown ground. The foundation fabric is a patchwork of wool and linen fabrics.
rugs
linen (material)
shirring
wool (textile)
floral patterns
Rug
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
68 x 32 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.467
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