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Table Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1860-1890

GUSN

GUSN-2467

Description

Of rectangular form with a green-beige border enclosed on a beige field with a spray of pink and peach colored roses with pale green, bottle green and olive leaves. The floral spray is a raised "Waldoboro" type. It is bound in brown cotton woven tape and lined with evenweave beige cotton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table linens
burlap
clipping (trimming)
cotton (textile)
hooking
wool (textile)
floral patterns
rose (genus)
Wool
Cotton
Burlap
Hooked
Clipped
Waldoboro
Rose
Floral
RUG, TABLE

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.492

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