Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1956.214
- Place of Origin:
- Limerick, ME
- Date:
- 1890-1900
- Description:
- Hooked Rug. Worked with strips of wool and cotton woven and knit fabrics, as well as bundles of yarn, on burlap. Design features bust-length profile portraits of a man and a woman facing each other above the inscription: "A S & L F / MARRIED / NOV. 25, / 1866." The man has a black moustache and is dressed in a brown garment. The woman wears a cream-colored garment. The couple are worked on a background of mottled beige; they are surrounded on three sides with a garland of red flowers, with stems of large red flowers in the corners. The outer border features separate red flowers on stems with leaves against a darker beige background worked with random squiggles of black and gray. Edges of the rug are finished by turning under the burlap and hooking through the hem.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-64.5 L-76.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Margaret H. Jewell, the donor, purchased the rug during the mid-1920s from Mathilda M. Smith, the widow and second wife of Almon Smith of Limerick, ME.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Rugs, Textiles, Floor coverings, Women, People, Flowers, Anniversaries, Weddings
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