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Hooked Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1880-1930

GUSN

GUSN-2828

Description

The rug is a square form, patterned with large abstract leaves and flowerheads in shades of rose, cream, pale blue, aqua and lavendar on a dark variegated ground in shades of purple, black and green. Hooked on a burlap foundation.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
burlap
cotton (textile)
hooking
floral patterns
Burlap
Cotton
Hooked
Floral
Rug

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

35 x 36 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1280

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