A hen with her chicks and basket of eggs. No date but measures 23 x 41.
This pony hooked late 19th century has an interesting background. If you look closely you can see 4 scrolls hidden in the randomly hooked hit and miss colors. (34 x 41) A soft floral antique with many hearts hooked in the border.
Hooked between 1890-1920 is this red dog rug from Jordan, Ontario. That looks like a crochet edge. Oh, the rug's dimensions are 34 x 40. Rabbits and horse in excellent shape and nice colors. As much as I love both animals this isn't a rug I'd be interested in replicating.
Another interesting background which I pondered ~ I wondered if the hooker had this background design in mind from the start. Because IF those were the limited colors she had did she make a conscious decision to do this vs. a hit and miss background? Rug measures 25 x 38 and advertised in an old issue of Maine digest. Bowl of red flowers with no date or size.
I love horses but this one isn't attractive to me. Actually it is the unappealing bold directional hooked background. Yet, the first hooked rug of hen and chicks with directional hooking I did find appealing. If I was to hook this one I'd definitely do a different background.
Last is a cat rug measuring 21.5 x 36 and hooked 20th century but don't know if that is early, mid or late 20th. That's the end of this show. Gonna run the vacuum in the living room and kitchen, prepare lunch of steamed zucchini with pasta sauce then hook some on the deer rug. Wanna get that dang thing done!
Saundra
