Found a few new (to me) old rugs so thought I'd share them with you. While I'm not into hooking another floral, or at least not yet, this one is quite appealing. The original measures 16 x 35 so would be a nice table piece.
A prancing show horse with scrolls, late 19th century measuring 24 x 38.
A pastel geometric dated 1920-29. Or was it faded? Dimensions are 19 x 38. Another geometric with quite a different design. The auction house indicated this 19th century bed rug was located in Ontario and was being used as horse blanket when found. Sure has miraculously kept its color. Dimensions are 65 x 69. 1900's love birds (22.5 x 35.5) would make a great wedding rug.
Billy Boy was hooked early 20th century. The date Oct 5, 1923 was the date interpreted by the auction house.
Here is a close up of one corner of the that rug.
Can you imagine any dog with squirrel friends? All of my dogs thought they were fair game for chasing up a tree.
Docked in Belfast, Maine was hooked early to mid 20th century. Nice reflection depiction.
A flame design given a date between 1850-1899 measures 20 x 38. If I decided to do a flame rug think I'd hook it in the other direction.
This 1900's cat rug disturbs me, it almost looks evil. The rug (25x60) sold for $1,610 in 2004. And now a sweeter cat rug, IMHO, hooked early 20th century. That's it for today's dozen rug show. Happy hooking.
Saundra
Hi you....crawling out of my sick bed or a few minutes to check on the world. It will be very slow going getting back and I can never hope to fully catch up with the blog posts I've missed but I've read through your prior posts and hope to someday get back to some semblance of regular visits. Sorry to have missed out on our 5pm binding dates but well, you know. ~Robin~ (PS...I rather like the evil cats LOL)
ReplyDeleteMe likes the first one. Tulips for Spring. Janice
ReplyDeleteWell that is an interesting group. To have one used as a horse rug is amazing it looks as good as it does.
ReplyDeleteCathy
That cat rug is hilarious, not evil at all, IMHO. Their eyes look like they are about to get hit by 2am catnip fueled zoomies.
ReplyDeleteI think your evil cats are just stoned!
ReplyDeleteLauren~ Rugs and Pugs