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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1935-1970

GUSN

GUSN-4279

Description

Modern, machine sewn; rectangular shape; .2) alternating blocks of floral design and blocks divided into quadrants of multi-colored stripes (which are not wavy like .1); leaf border around all blocks; brown edge; in shades of brown and green on pale yellow.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
cotton (textile)
hooking
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
yarn
floral patterns
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
stripes
Cotton
Yarn
Floral
Leaf
Stripe
Hooked
RUG

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.518.3

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