VINTAGE RUG REVIEW

I love doing these posts and sharing photos of old rugs I find listed by auction houses and elsewhere on the internet.  First up is Basket of Flowers which is a yarn sewn rug measuring 28.5 x 63 and sold for $18,000 despite its damage.

Next is a 6 point star with diamond shapes and triangles dated 1895 on the end.

A  landscape with a rooster as the main focus.  It is dated 1920, measures 40 x 42, and from the collection of Luis Arroyo.

Dated 1930 is the geometric sampler below and smallish at 13 x 19.  If I did one of those I'd have to make mine bigger than that as I'm not fond of narrow cuts.

Unfortunately I cannot validate the date of patriotic chickens below as no date was provided.  Don't know it really is antique but it does have a delightful background which lends itself to a rug of age.

Cats and Tulips circa 1900 dimensions are approx. 22 x 36 guessing by the ruler at the bottom center.

Am so close to pulling the last loop on Li'l Lamb that I'll end up with 3 rugs to bind.  Yesterday afternoon I worked on binding the Deer and Blue house while watching The Five.  Don't think I've ever had that many rugs needing to be bound at the same time.  Normally I save that undesirable task for the doctor's waiting room.  But there's only one more doctor appointment this year which means it needs to be done at home and SOON because a new rug is calling my name.

Saundra

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