Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.02
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1880-1910
- Description:
- Hooked Rug. Worked with strips of woven and knitted wool and cotton fabrics on burlap with a design of echoed rectangles. Center starts with an uneven line of brown, followed by a rectangle of cream, then heathered beige, tan, pale blue, orange-red, cream, etc. The outer borders are dark purple followed by black. The edges are bound with black twill-woven wool.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-26 L-42.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913.
- Credit Line:
- The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
- People:
- Tilney, Mary M. (1855-1914), Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926), Tilney, Jessie Mason (1883-1960)
- Subjects:
- Rugs, Textiles, Floor coverings
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