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Hooked rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1875-1899

GUSN

GUSN-61568

Description

Long rectangular hooked rug worked with a multi-color central floral medallion on a dark green ground. Border is a speckled red and blue with an outer band of olive green. A single dark leaf is set at an angle at each of the corners. Losses at center of rug.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
hooking
textiles
Rug
Unidentified Textile
Hooked
Rug

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

51.375 x 25.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4641

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