Throw rug

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Throw rug

Entry/Object ID

SS.63.279

Description

Throw rug with "grained" effect beige and brown ground: centering red and blue floral center with red, outlined in black, fantastic scrolls at each corner, dark border.

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

29 in

Length

53 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 29 x 53 in. (73.7 x 134.6 cm)

Material

Rags, Jute, Burlap

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, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 10D