Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.09
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Hooked Rug. Worked with a large central design of flowers, including red, beige, and purple roses, amidst green foliage. Spaces between flowers are worked in black, and the area surrounding central bouquet is cream. Dramatic border of red, black, and brown palm-like fronds, which form curls to fill the corners. Background of the border design is black. Rug is hooked with strips of woven wools on burlap. Edges are finished with a wide woven tape stitched to the back.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-32.75 L-65.5 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, Scrolls, Flowers
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