Rectangular form with central floral wreath flanked by vases of flowers within a contiguous border of striped circles; the pattern is in raised, clipped silk; the ground is worked in horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, blue, black, and beige on a beige ground; there is a black green wool fringe on all sides; it is backed in tan.
rugs
sewing (process)
wool (textile)
floral patterns
Wool
Tow
Machine Sewn
Floral
RUG
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
68.5 x 25.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.490
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