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1840-1880
GUSN-2878
Rectangular form with beige ground patterned with leaves at corners and central floral spray in polychrome fibers; bound with umber colored cottom twill tape; worked on a burlap ground. the flowers and leaves have higher pile than ground (a Waldoboro type rug).
burlap
clipping (trimming)
cotton (textile)
hooking
wool (textile)
Wool
Cotton
Burlap
Hooked
Clipped
RUG, THROW
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
18.75 x 24.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1339
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