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1850-1899
GUSN-61567
A large rectangular hooked rug with a central diamond motif of patchwork diamonds surrounded by a scallop-edged diamond border, all on a brown ground. The outer border is a band of repeating blue, purple and brown diamonds. The spandrels are filled with green leafy vines and flowers on a brown ground. The original colors have faded.
rugs
hooking
textiles
Rug
Unidentified Textile
Hooked
Rug
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
86.75 x 53.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.4639
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