Rug

Object Name:

Rug

Object ID:

1947.025.04

Creator:

Frost, Edward S. (1843-1894)Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Biddeford, ME

Date:

1876-1900

Description:

Hooked Rug. Made from a pattern designed by Edward S. Frost (1843-1894), Biddeford, ME; 1876-1900. Worked with strips of woven and knitted wool fabric on burlap. The central motif is a red, white, green, and blue cross on a white background, set within an elongated star design outlined in blue. This central pattern is framed by a concave-scalloped outline in red and yellow-green. The field within this frame is gray and the hooked loops appear to have been cut in this area of the rug only; ornaments in red outlined in black decorate the outer corners. The outer field is mottled green/beige and the edges are bordered with narrow lines of red and green-black, then bound with brown twill wool/cotton fabric. The white that appears is a knit cotton fabric, probably originally stockings; some of the red is also knit fabric.

Material:

Textile
Wool
Cotton
Burlap

Dimensions:

W-19.75 L-39 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), Frost, Edward S. (1843-1894)

Subjects:

Rugs, Textiles, Floor coverings, Stars