I've found a few new rugs, or at least new to me. First is a cat with a Greek key style border. Dimensions of 26 x 38.5 were provided but no date. It appears to be old with my limited knowledge and not looking or feeling it in person.
Good Luck rug is from the estate of George Fernald of Chatham, NH. It measures 24 x 36, again no date provided by the auction house. This one titled TOON INN is from estate of Kathrine Pease. Public domain is questionable since the auction house gave it an 'around time' of mid 20th century. But oh my did it intrigue me.
Inside the oval, on the left, appears to be a fisherman on a pier? Artistic perspective is a little off on that me thinks, but the hooker was capturing an event. There is also a boat in the water yet there are two people who seem to be walking in water around their ankles. This is such a fun landscape, floral, and apparently a memory rug. With all its quirkiness I think it is sweet.
A round 28" shirred mat. This was the only photo available so am guessing it is the front and severely worn. So for you newbies who want an antique that would be a great practice piece and easy to draw.
A lovely landscape I copied from Edyth O'Neill's blog. Here's the dog rug I recently showed you as a pattern I drew for someone. Decided to put it in a 'rug show' post in case someone does a search for 'rug shows'. A country cottage landscape dated 1890. Appears to have been well worn. A 19th century embroidered dog. Would love to know the story about this piece. Why is there a pocket or pockets on it? Was this a project by a young girl to practice her stitches?
A floral /geometric hooked between 1900-1920. I wonder about this one too ~ is the W M just a happy accidental part of the design or did the person have initials of WM? And last, a horse hooked in the 19th century. Must say I'd have worked a little harder to get the tail end of the horse to look right and eliminate or make smaller, the flowers on the sides. Some show horses do have bobbed tails but this one looks a little strange. So we'll call it a naïve primitive hooked rug, lol. In other news ~ I had intended to submit my hooked Mother With Fishbowl photo to ATHA in time for the "Family Portrait" issue. The deadline was June1 but I lost track of time and was 3 days late. Not sure it will appear in the issue and will understand if it isn't because of my lateness.
Happy hooking, gardening, stitching, etc.
Saundra
A round 28" shirred mat. This was the only photo available so am guessing it is the front and severely worn. So for you newbies who want an antique that would be a great practice piece and easy to draw. 
Here's the dog rug I recently showed you as a pattern I drew for someone. Decided to put it in a 'rug show' post in case someone does a search for 'rug shows'.
Interesting rugs. My favorite, of course, is the cat. The scene in Toon Inn is, indeed, a bit puzzling. In looking at it, I am thinking the two people are on a beach area? Or very shallow water? It looks like the hooker tried to depict deeper waters in the boat area with the lighter color waves?? Wouldn't it be fun to have a time or visualization machine where you could pop back to this place and see what the hooker was seeing? Fingers crossed that ATHA accepts your submission! ~Robin~
ReplyDeleteThe Fisherman Pier is really interesting ....The landscape from Edith O'Neill's blog is a beauty......Fun seeing all of these !
ReplyDeleteAnother great rug show. Maybe there was a sand bar where the children were? I don't know just a guess. The pockets are interesting on that rug.
ReplyDeleteCathy
The Toon Inn rug reminds me of a flood around the building and the kids are standing on higher ground. A nice rug.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope that your Mother with fish bowl gets published, It's a beauty.
Hugs,
Julia
Love these shows. I especially like the Edyth rug. And that last horse one would make me walk with a twitch 😂
ReplyDeleteLady Locust
ooh ooh ooh I so love the one from Edyth's blog. Janice
ReplyDeleteI think the dog with pockets is a sewing roll or huswif. Those little flaps in the bottom left would have held pins and needles, other tools, threads, and the project would have been put in the pocket and all rolled up.
ReplyDeleteAnd that last horse, it looks like a draft horse to me? They often have their tails braided up tight while working, or in shows.
Bummer on missing the deadline. But I'm sure it will get in a future issue.
Another great show!
ReplyDeleteSweet cat mat,,,,
ReplyDeleteAnd ,,of course houses,,,!
Interesting Pocket!..?
Elaine