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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1870-1980

GUSN

GUSN-3037

Description

Rectagular form patterned with central panel of "log cabin" squares enclosed by borders of stripes; worked on polychrome fabric on a burlap ground; edges bound in black wool and black cotton tape.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
burlap
cotton (textile)
hooking
wool (textile)
geometric patterns
Cotton
Wool
Burlap
Hooked
Geometric
RUG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

71 x 32 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1528

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