Rectangular hand hooked, unshirred rug features tree of life-like plant motif with veined, heart shaped leaves and five-lobbed red flowers, in a basket on a tan field. Flowers and leaves in corners. Bound with blanket stitch in gray wool.
rugs
burlap
hooking
wool (textile)
baskets (containers)
tree of life (general motif)
Wool
Burlap
Hooked
Tree-of-Life
Fruit Basket
RUG
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
34.75 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.1026
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