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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1860-1890

GUSN

GUSN-3033

Description

Rectangular form, patterned with basket of flowers on table top on a green ground within a polychrome striped border; the flowers are in polychrome yarns; hooked in rows on burlap ground; linen backing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
cotton (textile)
hooking
wool (textile)
floral patterns
Wool
Cotton
Hooked
Floral
RUG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

56.5 x 39 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1524

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