Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.06
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1875-1910
- Description:
- Hooked Rug. Worked with strips of wool and cotton woven and knit fabrics on burlap in a design of echoed stepped rectangles. The predominate colors are green, red, blue, and beige. Each of the stepped rectangles is outlined with a single line of dark color. Corners are filled with square blocks of the various colors, and the outer border of the rug is hunter green. Edges are finished by turning under the burlap and hooking through the hem.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-18.25 L-40 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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