MERRY CHRISTMAS

Found these two Nancy Gertrude Scott hooked rugs recently and waited to show them until now.  First one with Santa and star measures 17 x 35 and is listed for $399.  In case you aren't aware, she is the daughter of Barbara E. Merry whose rugs I've posted before.

The other rug listed in the same auction is bigger (29 x 36) this Santa is listed for $699. 

While Christmas is centered around Santa for the children, we know the reason for this blessed holiday is to celebrate the birth of Jesus.  I want to wish all my Christian friends a very Merry Christmas and my Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah.  

Saundra

TWO FAMILIAR SETS OF INITIALS

Those initials would be NGS (Nancy Gertrude Scott) and BEM (Barbara E. Merry).  I have posted their work here before but I've acquired a few new followers and found a few new rugs since that time.  Nancy is the daughter of Barbara who followed in her mother's footsteps into hooking rugs and painting.  Nancy's work is mostly folk-art hooking and some painting whereas Barbara's was mostly landscapes.  You can read a little more on Barbara HERE.

These are a few recent finds of Nancy's.  Was surprised by the train rug and wonder what the story is behind this memory.  Most of Nancy's work was around the farm she lived on and around.  

I found this Santa listing very interesting.  It indicated this early hooked piece was when she used an acorn to identify her work before being talked into using her initials.  The acorn is bottom right of Santa and the only piece with an acorn I've found.

The rug below measures 17 x 24 and she signed her last name instead of initials.  Perhaps this too was before she started using her initials.

A Welcome rug where Nancy signed her name at the top.  

A boy with dogs also signed N Scott.  I don't have chronological dates when these rugs were hooked.  This one measures 31 x 37 and from the estate of Laura Fisher.

Kids eating watermelon.  Her mother Barbara used to hook rainbows in some of her rugs which, according to Barbara, represented hope.  Are those rainbows hooked in this border or watermelon rinds?   

Kids with a cat on the girl's lap.

Home Sweet Home, am wondering what those images are in the border of the rug.

Dimensions  of the rug below are 33 x 53 and her initials hidden behind the auction house name.

Statue of Liberty measures 27.5 x 34.5.  

Hard to see what some of those animals are, except the chicken.

Found the rug below in January but just now posting it too.  

Even more chickens hooked in the rug below.

This row of houses/buildings was a familiar scene hooked by Barbara too so must have been a happy memory.

Quite a detailed whaling scene hooked by Nancy.

And like her mother, she was good with a paint brush.  July 4th below.

And this painted plantation scene measures 33 x 58.

In other news ... while eating my soft oatmeal this morning, all of a sudden I felt a chunk of tooth/silver filling mixed with the oatmeal.  As luck would have it I've an appointment on Wednesday for a cleaning where they can check it out.  Am sure I will need a crown as the area is large and part of the shell of enamel gone.  So $$$ plus try to find a spot in my schedule that isn't filled in with the vein procedures.

Guess I'll go hook while there's time at home and not at a doctor's office.

Saundra

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RECENTLY FOUND BEM and NGS RUGS

Barbara Merry was prolific hooker whose primitive style was thought to be antique.  I've posted several of her rugs on my blog and if you type her name in the search box they will come up.  I knew her name was Barbara E. Merry but didn't know until recently her middle name was Evelyn, or at least according to the antique auction site info.  

Farm scene with hay wagon, 32 x 39.5.

Here is her Farm Village measuring 35 x 43.

Men sapping trees.

This may have been an adaptation of her barn red home in Maine, a red house winter scene.  It measures 20 x 31.

In previous posts I've mentioned Barbara had a daughter named Nancy who also was a rug hooker.  About the same time finding Barbara's new ones I found these rugs for sale.  For those of you who may not have read my previous posts, as a child Nancy remembers Jamaicans working on her parents' farm, thus the reason she hooks many black people as they were part of her daily life.   

Another of Nancy's earlier rugs and measures 16 x 34.

A row of houses with 2 chickens measuring 28 x 42.  You can see the camouflaged initials of NGS at the bottom right.

This rug below shows Nancy had honed her hooking skills and changed the signage from NGS to N Scott.  Farm children measuring 30 x 36.  

And yet another improved hooking style.  A farmer holding Pitchfork 31 x 37 from the estate of Laura Fisher, NY.

Hope you enjoy my vintage rug posts.  Happy hooking.

Saundra

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A VINTAGE RUG SHOW

Yeah, figure it's about time since the photos are accumulating in that folder.  Recently told you about finding more rugs hooked by Barbara Merry and her daughter Nancy Gertrude Scott.  Here is one, a wonderful Whaling Scene which is more detailed than other Nancy G Scott rugs.

A Round chair pad of house with floral border, 37" diameter dated 1920.

Sad this sweet cat rug is in such disrepair.  No date or dimensions provided.

A bear measuring 20 x 39.5 but no date.

A  lone bird rug hooked 19th century measuring 40 x 42.  Interesting to me with those rectangular hooked blocks of colors.  I've never seen a background done like this before.

This is the pattern recently drawn for Lisa which I named 'Nesting'.  The dimensions she requested were 25 x 25.  But increasing the design with equal percentage it came out to 24 x 25.

And last is Resting Dogs hooked with cotton on burlap dated 1930 from Marty Osler collection.  It measures 31.5 x 45.

This is the back and doesn't appear the rug lost much color to fading.

Happy February 1st and tomorrow is Ground Hog Day.   Heard on the news yesterday that January was the warmest month ever for Delaware.  And then there is today where temps are below normal.  If today had been like yesterday I'd think Punxsutawney Phil would stay out of his hole and declare an early spring.  But now I'm not so sure.

Happy hooking.

Saundra

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New Old Finds

Will give all the participants of the hook-along time to pull more loops without pressure 'to perform'  And, give the readers a change of pace so you will be looking forward to the next update.

On this post I'll show 2  newly found rugs hooked by Barbara E. Merry and 2 by her daughter Nancy Gertrude Scott.

This  first rug was named "Plantation Scene" by the seller as it depicts Jamaicans who came over to learn the American farming method.  Other than the 'washer woman' series this is the only other rug I've noticed black figures hooked by Barbara.

In this article it states that Barbara's first husband had a farm in East Newport Maine where he employed the Jamaicans.

Another of Barbara's rugs with the name which appears to be ETNAELSTON HOUSE. 27 x 33.  If anyone knows for sure what that first word is please advise as I'd like correct information.

I've always admired the folk art hooking of Nancy Gertrude Scott.  She naturally inherited her mother's talent for rug hooking.  She must also have memories of the Jamaicans working on her parent's farm as all her people are black figures.  This one measures 24 x 33.

Another Nancy Scott rug is this row of houses with 2 chickens.  It measures 28 x 42.  I also have a number of other Nancy's rugs on a flash drive.

Happy cold Saturday ~ but hey, it is winter.  

There just might be another interested participant to the Hook-along.  Maybe this break will also give her time to start on her design of choice.  If anyone else is interested in joining you can read about starting this Hook-Along HERE.  And then after a day or so of hooking send me a photo and I'll post it when I do the next Update.  HAPPY HOOKING!!!!!!

Saundra

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Pre-Project Info

Little did I  know that one day I'd revert back to the new hooker who had no clue how to hook the proper way ~ in other words, unlearn everything I was taught.  To hook with the naivete of a child teaching herself to hook.

Nancy Gertrude Scott is quite good at hooking in that style pulling loops several holes away from the last loop and hooking higgly piggly.  Below are some of her pieces.   A single primitive chicken.

Two chickens.

  Kids playing.

And a village with workers indicating cotton picking.

Barbara E. Merry is another hooker who is quite successful hooking the  antique look.  Think I heard Nancy is Barbara's daughter, please someone correct me if I'm wrong.  Here is one of Barbara's pieces.

And two more of Barbara's rugs; Before and After below.  

And Row of Houses with shirred border, rainbow and walkway.

Will get more in dept on my next journey later.  Meanwhile I've a few more loops to pull on my Hearts and Stars rug...almost done. 

Saundra