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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-8333

Description

Rectangular form patterned with oval floral spray enclosed by flowering vines at corners and chain "link" border. Worked in polychrome wool and cotton on a variegated beige ground, burlap foundation.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
burlap
cotton (textile)
hooking
wool (textile)
floral patterns
Wool
Cotton
Burlap
Hooked
Floral
RUG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.675

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