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Hooked Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1860

GUSN

GUSN-3031

Description

Rectangular form patterned with very large flowerheads and a bud on a leafy vine worked in shades of red, green, yellow, and black on a variegated beige ground within a rust border; new, burlap backing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
burlap
hooking
wool (textile)
Rug
Rug

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

63 x 37 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1522

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