Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.08
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1865-1900
- Description:
- Hooked Rug. Central design of red and purple flowers and green foliage, with an additional spray of red rose-like flowers to each side. The flowers are surrounded by a frame of stylized rococo scrolls and swirls worked in shades of brown and olive. The background of the center is light beige. The rug is worked with strips of both woven and knit fabrics, both cotton and wool. Strips of white cotton knit are probably from stockings. Hooking is worked on burlap. Green and purple dyes appear to be aniline; very faded. Edges are finished with a wide woven tape, which is stitched to the back.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-34.5 L-62.25 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
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