Rug

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Rug

Entry/Object ID

SS.63.299

Description

Rug with beige and sage green ground having red roses surrounded by dark green, and red and brown, leaves, outlined in black: the word "welcome" woven in an arch through center, in black, with tri-part devices at either end.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1867 Date made: r. 1834 - 1867

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SP 4052

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

23 in

Length

35 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 23 x 35 in. (58.4 x 88.9 cm)

Material

Jute, Burlap, Rags

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Note: The term "hooked" actually refers to three different methods of rugmaking: Yarn sewn, shirred and truly "hooked" rugs. The yarn sewn rugs employed a firm cloth vase (base?) with the individual looping of threads, as in 18th century bedrugs. Shirred rugs, which appeared about 1825, consisted of pieces of cloth sewn to a supporting cloth, often overlapping each other for thickness and warmth. Hooked rugs, with long fabric strips drawn in through a coarse foundation, were the last of the three types to emerge, dating after 1840. This rug is an example of the last, the truly "hooked", technique.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Tower Bedroom, Second Floor, Not specified