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Grenfell-type scenic hooked rug depicting one flying goose on left, two geese with crooked necks on left and parts of two ducks; sprigs of green and white and varigated red and green sprigs randomly placed on gold ground; birds are white bodied with yellow highlights and outlined in brown; wide brown border frames the entire scene.
rugs
burlap
cotton (textile)
hooking
figure- and animal-derived motifs
ducks (birds)
geese
Burlap
Cotton
Goose
Duck
Hooked
RUG
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
AFTER Grenfell (Maker)
Labrador
26.25 x 43.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.797
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