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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2896

Description

Rectangular length of carpeting woven with variously sized and patterned stripes in shades of green, yellow, red, pink, brown and white. Wool with a hemp weft.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
hemp (fiber)
wool (textile)
weaving
Wool
Hemp
Woven
RUG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

39 x 21 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1367

Related Items

Title Rug Accession Number 1992.644

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