The selling price of the rug below will certainly give you pause. Black Horse hooked with cotton on burlap, flowers, horseshoe and scalloped border sold for $8,190. Yes it was professionally mounted and measured 50 x 75 but that's a hearty sum.
Wonder what the hooker was trying to say when she hooked this rug? Was she indicating her dog could smile or that he was aggressive and showed his teeth? Reader Lady Locust commented that maybe the dog got hold of her dentures 😁. The rug was hooked in the 19th century and measures 27.5 x 51. Believe it or not it sold for $3,680 in 2003.
More horses... recently friend April Leas showed an antique rug on FB she purchased and it seemed familiar to me.
So I grabbed a flash drive and did a search and found this one. It wasn't the same rug she purchased but could be its sister. After finding the one similar sent her a picture of the image and asked if she thought the same person hooked both. I think so; look at the shape of the horse, the legs and mane.
This is a nice antique rug with a central star, posies and border of triangles. Rug said to be hooked late 19th or early 20th century measures 32 x 43. Colorful worms would be great to use in the background.
This next one was described as a Star Pie Center by the auction house. I'm wondering if the shape has a nautical meaning, anyone out there know? A view of the back and you can see the hooker did a one-step binding by hooking thru doubled burlap on 3 sides and wanted to hang it so just turned over and stitched down the top.
And a closeup of the top and textiles used.
A short post and didn't dig out the last corner of pond flowers but I did cut grass in the backyard since I just got my push mower back after repair. Unfortunately when I went to move the black hose out of the way it split. When it was warmer it was more flexible and since it has gotten cooler makes it more brittle. So before I get ready to drain the water again, which fills up more each time it rains, I'll have to tape it. And the extensions go to the back wooded low area.
Now I'm getting ready to pull a few loops. Tomorrow I plan to make a pot of chili as it's getting quite chilly outside and time for chili inside 😊.
Happy hooking.
Saundra
