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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1800-1825

GUSN

GUSN-2897

Description

Single strip woven with irregular stripes worked in green, umber, ochre, brown, yellow and blue yarns. The two short ends are bound in black wool, with natural dyes and homespun yarn.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
cotton (textile)
wool (textile)
weaving
Rug
Rug

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

76 x 32 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1368

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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