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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1930

GUSN

GUSN-11419

Description

An oval form comprised of braided strips of polychrome cotton sewn together in concentric ovals. The predominant shades are yellow, green, brown, tan, red and black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
braiding
cotton (textile)
sewing (process)
Cotton
Braided
Machine Sewn
RUG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

46 x 39 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.367

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