Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1986.077.01
- Creator:
- Albee, Helen (1864-1939) -- Designer
- Place of Origin:
- Tamworth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1910
- Description:
- Rug. Designed by Helen Albee (1864-1939), Tamworth, NH; c. 1910. "Abnakee" design. Hooked with strips of hand-dyed wool and white cotton on burlap with a design adapted from traditional Abnaki motifs. Two conjoined diamonds in the center are filled with a grid design. They are set on a background of purple and dark blue worked with wavy white lines. Center field is framed by a white border worked with dark blue wavy lines, then an outer border of dark blue, teal, and gray, also worked with wavy lines in white. Hooking is done closely with no ground burlap shown on the reverse. The edges are finished with wide strips of blue cotton sateen stitched to the back.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-30 L-47.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Rug originally belonged to Charlotte Bowditch (1846-1919), and was in her summer home at Tamworth, NH. The donor purchased the summer home of Bowditch, her great-aunt. Helen Albee (1864-1939) started the Abnakee Rug Industry in Tamworth c. 1898. It thrived until 1916 when Helen Albee's designs and dye formulas were acquired by the Manchester Institute of Arts and Science.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ellen Eppelsheimer
- Subjects:
- Rugs, Floor coverings
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