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Table rug

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1875-1900

GUSN

GUSN-8268

Description

Rectangular. Patterned with overall scallop or shell motif worked in wool in shades of green, pink, red and beige on a burlap ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

table linens
burlap
hooking
shell (animal material)
wool (textile)
shell (animal material)
Wool
Burlap
Hooked
Shell
RUG, TABLE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

32 x 18.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.642

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