1850-1860
GUSN-2196
Rectangular; central panel with large medallion with leaves and birds, enclosed by wide end- and narrow side- borders patterned with leaves on variegated ground; worked in shades of pink, red, beige and green in wool and cotton on linen ground; backed with brown canvas.
rugs
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
shirring
wool (textile)
Wool
Cotton
Linen
Shirred
RUG
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.217
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