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Of rectangular form, man oriental design with central medallion flanked by end panels enclosed by three patterned borders worked in wool in shades of: red, blue, buff, green, gray, pink and white on a burlap foundation and a black cotton tape binding. After pattern no.108 by E.S. Frost, a copy of a Ghiordes rug. [See photo neg#47542-A]
rugs
hooking
wool (textile)
Wool
Hooked
RUG
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Frost, Edward Sands, 1843 (Maker)
Biddeford, ME, USA
72 x 37.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1527
Maine (United States)
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