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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-4281

Description

Hooked rug with central medallion of strawberries and leaves surrounded by border of intertwined oak leaves in red and gray with strawberries and leaves in each corner, variegated brown and white background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
hooking
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
wool (textile)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
oak leaf (motif)
berry
Leaf
Hooked
Wool
Strawberry
RUG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

23.125 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.520

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