Throw rug

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Throw rug

Entry/Object ID

SS.63.268

Description

Throw rug with beige and blue ground" having rows of stepped medallions outlined in brown, dark gray and occasional purple, centering rose and red cruciform devices with black squares in the middle; edges with tape; apparently cut down.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1899 Date made: r. 1834 - 1899

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

30-3/4 in

Length

33 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 30 3/4 x 33 in. (78.1 x 83.8 cm)

Material

Rags, Burlap, Jute

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Rug cut at ends, where design is incomplete.

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Note: The term "hooked" actually refers to three different methods of rug making: yarn sewn, shirred and truly "hooked" rugs. The yarn sewn rugs employed a firm cloth 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, was 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, Mamy's Asylum