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Rug

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-3196

Description

Oval form; polychrome fabrics braided into strips and sewn together; predominant colors are mustard, blue, gray, green, lavender, red and beige; worked with solid and printed fabrics.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
braiding
cotton (textile)
sewing (process)
wool (textile)
Wool
Cotton
Machine Sewn
Braided
RUG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

39 x 55 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.979

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