RUGS ON DISPLAY

This antique rug is a familiar one which is being auctioned again and expected to get between $3,000- $4,000 for it.  You can check out the auction HERE.  It has also been on my 'to hook' list in the past and think I'll put it back on.  Sheesh, I'll have to live at least another decade or longer to hook all the rugs on my list.

Said to be hooked around 1870 and measures 38 x 44.5.  

Dog, which I think is a Boxer, hooked early 20th century (19 x 40).

This is an attractive floral circa 1900.  With the size of 10 x 12.5 it may have been a chair pad, or perhaps a stool cover.

Farm landscape with cow and barn and dimensions of 19 x 35.5.  No mention of date and have no idea if those are initial at the bottom right or something else.

This could easily be a view from my kitchen window in the spring ~ a deer eating tree leaves.  Dated 1922 with dimensions of 37 x 56.  It is hooked with cotton and various other textile strips as I saw the back on the auction site.  Awesome to see how much detail she got with those strips of rags.

Having a blog seems like work sometimes, but also has its perks.  I've met people thru my blog I'd never have an opportunity to know without it.  Because of my blog, a woman searched on line for initials on a rug which was part of a group she purchased at auction.  Those initials were BEM.  

Her main focus were the other two rugs as she knew the people ~ Cleland E Selby and Suzanne both of whom were rug hookers.  But she wanted to know about this "BEM" name.  And so she found me on the internet as I've written about Barbara Merry numerous times.  

As I look at the bottom rug in the photo below, I'm thinking the 'S' in the lion's tail is the initial of Cleland Selby.

Am glad Donna found me as she shared this photo of a rug I've not previously seen hooked by BEM.  Plus, I learned about the Selby's.

Turns out Donna is also a rug hooker and has taught her granddaughter how to hook.

An update on the Hearts Hook-along I hosted ~ Jo Smith has completed the hooking and now just needs to steam and bind it.  She was the last to join the hook-along but came thru quickly with her finish.  The wide wool surrounding the hooked rug is what she will use for binding.  And just in time for Valentines Day Jo.  Congratulations.  

Snow storm predicted here for the weekend but finally inches not fully known.  Sometimes it ends up with just flurries but not so sure that will be the case this weekend.  But I'll play it safe and prepare for the worse.  And I always have wool and hook to keep me occupied.

Saundra

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