Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1986.077.02
- Creator:
- Albee, Helen (1864-1939) -- Designer
- Place of Origin:
- Tamworth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Rug. Designed by Helen Albee (1864-1939), Tamworth, NH; c. 1900. "Abnakee" design. Hooked with strips of hand-dyed woven wool fabrics on burlap which is based on traditional Abnaki motifs. Two conjoined light turquoise-blue diamonds are filled with a grid design in white. Diamonds are set on a background of dark blue and beige, filled with random white lines. A frame of turquoise blue and lavender, worked with zig-zag lines in white, surrounds this center field. A border of beige (mostly), with a section of dark blue on one side, also filled with random white lines, edges the rug design. The edges are finished with a wide strip of striped white cotton, stitched to the back.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-27.25 L-47 inches
- Provenance:
- Rug originally belonged to Charlotte Bowditch (1846-1919), and was in her summer home at Tamworth, NH. The donor purchased the summer home of Bowditch, her great-aunt.
Helen Albee (1864-1939) started the Abnakee Rug Industry in Tamworth c. 1898. It thrived until 1916 when Helen Albee's designs and dye formulas were acquired by the Manchester Institute of Arts and Science. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ellen Eppelsheimer
- Subjects:
- Rugs, Floor coverings
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