Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.10
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Hooked Rug. Worked with strips of cotton and wool fabrics on burlap with a design of a basket of flowers. Pink, violet, and cream flowers spill over the edges of the basket against a cream background. Bordered with an "orange peel" design worked in shades of blue and dark rose. The edges of the rug are finished by turning under the burlap and hooking through the hem.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Wool
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-24.5 L-39.25 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, Flowers
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