Hope you enjoy the show and inspires you to brush the dust off your hook. The last group of rugs had many hooked horses so I'll start with this one ~ Blue eyed horse hooked 1900 with blotchy background (32 x 42).
Wondering where the blue eyes are, you can see it more clearly in the picture of the back of the rug. Also those blotchy backgrounds occur with fading as you can tell it looks mostly very dark in the original colors shown from the back view.
A straighted background with horses, hearts and stars. No date was provided but it looks of legal age to me and measures 32 x 46.
A sweet rug but in need of repair is the roosters rug with block style border. Starting bid was $15 and someone saw something special in it and bid. Am sure they will do what they can to salvage it.
Here is a view of the back. An early hooked rug of a building and faintly visible trees in the background. Sure wish the auction houses would give a suspected dateline of all rugs but perhaps they avoid that so people will contact them. February and Valentines Day will be here soon. Wish I was in the mood to hook this antique but at the moment it doesn't make my wheels spin. This antique hearts rug measures 41 x 34 dated 1875 and from New York State. Is the central design below a giant snowflake or conjoined scrolls? Dated between 1910-20 but no dimensions provided. Another horse rug but with leaves and checkerboard background. Dimensions of 39 x 39.5 but no date. Appears to have a large repair spot on the horse. Described as "a wild cat" the rug was found in Ontario, measures 29.5 x 40.5 and said to be hooked early 20th century.
Happy hooking.
Saundra
